A short overview of main repair techniques for wind turbine blades and the related problems of computational mechanics is presented. Computational models of the leading edge …
Wind turbine structures have become increasingly popular due to global trends in renewable energy policies. However, more than 3800 failures are reported annually, and …
Bonded repairs for aerospace composite structures are very promising thanks to the high strength recovery rate they can achieve while keeping a good strength to mass ratio. Flush …
S Budhe, MD Banea, S de Barros - Applied Adhesion Science, 2018 - Springer
Over the last two decades, the repair of existing engineering structures using fiber reinforced polymer composites has attracted a great attention by aerospace industry, as it is more …
Fracture toughness, ie, GC, is considered an important fracture characteristic parameter by which the state of integrity of the adhesively bonded joints under different loading modes …
Abstract Barely Visible Impact Damages (BVID) caused by impact phenomena during maintenance and in-service missions can be a critical issue for composite structures. BVIDs …
Adhesively-bonded joints are widely used to join structural components. The most common joint types are single-lap joints (SLJ), double-lap joints (DLJ), stepped-lap joints and scarf …
S Psarras, T Loutas, G Galanopoulos… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The implementation and the effectiveness of different types of stepped scarf bonded repairs on Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics (CFRPs) are investigated in this study. Two types of …
The mechanical behavior of an adhesively bonded single scarf joined Carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) laminates under tensile loading is studied. An energy-based …