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Carbon Fiber‐Reinforced Polymer Sustainability—A New Outlook on Recycling Methods and Strategic Decision‐Making for the Recovery of Fiber, Matrix, and Composite

Numerous high‐tech fields, including aerospace, aeronautical, automotive, and sports industries, utilize CFRP components due to the outstanding properties offered by the CFRP microstructure, resulting in increasing use a…

Structural optimization of composite aircraft wing considering fluid–structure interaction and damage tolerance assessment using continuum damage mechanics

Electromagnetic damage tolerance for radar absorbing composite structures with impact damage

Abstract Radar absorbing structures (RAS) based on fiber reinforced plastics, which is applied to the external structures of low-observable aircrafts, is vulnerable when exposed to a variety of external impacts during ai…

Introduction of Developing Fatigue Load Spectrum for Full-Scale Fatigue Test of Composite Aircraft

Experimental evaluation of surface damage relaxation effect in carbon-fiber reinforced epoxy panels impacted into stringer

Abstract Evaluation of the impact damage visual detectability threshold in composite structures requires not only determination of damage state right after the impact, but also at the actual moment of the visual inspecti…

Impact damage assessment in polymer matrix composites using self-heating based vibrothermography

Abstract Low-velocity impact damage (LVID) is one of the most dangerous damage types appearing in polymeric composite structures during their operation, since they are invisible or barely visible on a surface, while insi…

Real world application of angular scan pulse-echo ultrasonic propagation imager for damage tolerance evaluation of full-scale composite fuselage

Composite structures are assertively used for new airframe designs and manufacturing in military aircrafts because of superior strength-to-weight ratios and fatigue resistance.

Damage mechanism and residual strength at different impact locations for composite bonding scarf repairs

Abstract Composite scarf repair has been widely applied as a high efficiency choice for force transferring in aircraft structure repair.

Numerical and experimental investigation of fitting tolerance effects on damage and failure of CFRP/Ti double-lap single-bolt joints

Abstract CFRP/Ti bolted joints are increasingly used in aircraft structures. Optimizing the joint design is vital for overall composite structure designs.

Mechanics of Aeronautical Composite Materials

The objective of this lesson on composite structure sizing is to present the principles that allow the sizing of composite laminates widely used in composite structures, and a number of typical calculations for aeronauti…

Effect of structural dynamic characteristics on fatigue and damage tolerance of aerospace grade composite materials

Investigation on repairable damage tolerance for structural design of aircraft composite structure

Damage size monitoring of composite aircraft structures based on ultrasonic testing and image processing

Inspection Intervals Optimization for Aircraft Composite Structures Considering Dent Damage

Numerical bird strike impact simulation of aircraft composite structure

The work presented in this paper deals with application of explicit finite element analysis in order to predict the bird-strike induced impact damage on fuselage part of typical transport aircraft.

Optimization of Composite Wing Structure for a Flying Wing Aircraft Subject to Multi Constraints

Numerical results show that the optimization approach is much efficient with little accuracy penalty and a practical optimum design of the composite wing structure in detailed FE model can be obtained.

Investigation on Damage Tolerance of Thick Laminate for Aircraft Composite Structure

Study on Airworthiness Requirements of Composite Aircraft Structure for Transport Category Aircraft in FAA

Abstract This article focus on the introduction of composite structure characteristics and background of usage in civil aviation, also on airworthiness requirements in FAR 25 which include raw materials, manufacturing pr…

Principles for determining material allowable and design allowable values of composite aircraft structures

Abstract In this paper, the determining methods of composite structure material and design allowable values are presented. The characterization and application of material allowable, examining and statistical analysis wa…

Aeroelastic Failure Risk Assessment in Damage Tolerant Composite Airframe Structures

Probabilistic Approach to Damage Tolerance Design of Aircraft Composite Structures

The main result of the study is that the reliability of a damage-tolerable composite structure can be assessed on a quantitative basis, allowing aircraft manufacturers, operators and flight certification authorities to e…

Design, Fabrication, and Testing of Composite Energy-Absorbing Keel Beams for General Aviation Type Aircraft

Review of Damage Tolerance for Composite Sandwich Airframe Structures

Advanced Technology Composite Fuselage - Repair and Damage Assessment Supporting Maintenance

The reinforcing effect of composite patch repairs on metallic aircraft structures

Development of pressure containment and damage tolerance technology for composite fuselage structures in large transport aircraft

Damage tolerant composite wing panels for transport aircraft

Durability and damage tolerance of Large Composite Primary Aircraft Structure (LCPAS)