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The boundary element method for analysing repair patches on cracked finite sheets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

A. Young ,
D. J. Cartwright  and
D. P. Rooke
A. Young
Affiliation:
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, University of Southampton
D. J. Cartwright
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, USA
D. P. Rooke
Affiliation:
Royal Aerospace Establishment, Farnborough
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Summary

The boundary element method is combined with the method of compatible deformations to obtain stress intensity factors for a cracked sheet reinforced with a repair patch. The method is applied to the analysis of a circular patch over a central crack in a rectangular uniaxially stressed sheet. It is shown that the proximity of the edges of the sheet to the patch edge has a negligible effect on the stress intensity factor of a crack completely under the patch.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 92 , Issue 920 , December 1988 , pp. 416 - 421
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1988 

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