An 18 month laboratory test and stress analysis program was conducted to evaluate bonded boron/epoxy doublers for repairing cracks on aluminum aircraft structures. The objective was to obtain a core body of substantiating data which will support approval for use on commercial transports of a technology that is being widely used by the military. The data showed that the doublers had excellent performance.
Evaluation of Bonded Boron/Epoxy Doublers for Commercial Aircraft Aluminum Structures
1994
12 pages
Report
No indication
English
Aircraft , Composite Materials , Structural Mechanics , Aircraft structures , Boron-epoxy composites , Commercial aircraft , Crack propagation , Stress-strain relationships , Structural analysis , Airframes , Aluminum , Certification , Fatigue life , Maintainability , Aircraft construction materials
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