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Lookup NU author(s): Wei Liang Lai, Dr Hamid Saeedipour, Dr Kheng-Lim GohORCiD
This is the authors' accepted manuscript of an article that has been published in its final definitive form by Elsevier Ltd, 2020.
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An important preparatory work of the resin-injection repair process for carbon fibre reinforced polymer laminates, damaged by low-velocity impact, involves drilling vent holes (VHs) and resin-injection holes (RHs). This paper reports the effects of the holes on the laminate mechanical integrity, by comparing the results of pristine and damaged laminates containing one RH in the presence of 4 to 6 VHs. Laminates were damaged by a quasi-static indentation method, followed by drilling. The VH-associated structural damage factor, , yielded no significant difference between pristine and damaged laminates. However, the RH-associated of damaged laminates was significantly higher than pristine ones. In- plane compression testing revealed that holes in damaged laminates reduced the resilience, fracture toughness, fracture strength and strain to fracture but no appreciable trend was observed with increasing number of VHs. The study indicates that RH exerted a greater influence than VH on the degradation of the mechanical properties.
Author(s): Lai WL, Saeedipour H, Goh KL
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Composite Structures
Year: 2020
Volume: 235
Print publication date: 01/03/2020
Online publication date: 12/12/2019
Acceptance date: 10/12/2019
Date deposited: 19/12/2019
ISSN (print): 0263-8223
ISSN (electronic): 1879-1085
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2019.111806
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2019.111806
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