Comprehensive progressive damage analyses of mixed-mode repaired panels: How composite patch sizes and layups affects restarting fatigue crack growth
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Hossein Hosseini-Toudeshky
Fatigue and Fracture Laboratory, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran
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Hossein Hossein-Toudeshky, Fatigue and Fracture Laboratory, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), 424 Hafez Avenue, Tehran 15914, Iran.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorFariborz Sheibanian
Fatigue and Fracture Laboratory, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran
Search for more papers by this authorPourya Sabzy
Faculty of New Sciences & Technologies, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Search for more papers by this authorMeisam Jalalvand
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Hossein Hosseini-Toudeshky
Fatigue and Fracture Laboratory, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran
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Hossein Hossein-Toudeshky, Fatigue and Fracture Laboratory, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), 424 Hafez Avenue, Tehran 15914, Iran.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorFariborz Sheibanian
Fatigue and Fracture Laboratory, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran
Search for more papers by this authorPourya Sabzy
Faculty of New Sciences & Technologies, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Search for more papers by this authorMeisam Jalalvand
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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In this paper, comprehensive progressive damage analyses are performed to evaluate the effects of patch sizes and layups on restarting crack growth of single-side repaired aluminum panels with central inclined cracks under high cycle fatigue loading. Complicated nonlinear damage behavior of adhesive bonding, composite patch, mixed-mode cracks, and fatigue loadings require precise numerical tools to consider and analyze the coupling effects of various damages on fatigue life of such complex component. In progressive damage analysis, high cycle fatigue cohesive zone modeling is used for debonding of patch, and high cycle fatigue continuum damage model used for composite patches. Practical composite patch layups and sizes are selected in huge number of models, and the restarting crack growth life is predicted. The obtained results show the possibility of increasing the restarting crack growth life using an appropriate composite patch layup and geometry dimensions.
Highlights
- Restarting crack growth of single-side repaired panels fatigue loading
- Comprehensive progressive damage analyses
- Effects of composite patch size and layup on restarting crack growth
- Crack growth retardation using appropriate composite patch
CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT
None.
Open Research
DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT
The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
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