Author(s)

Holm Altenbach & Hanno Haars

Abstract

b Shear stress distribution in a repair of a fibre- reinforced composite plate Holm Altenbach*, Hanno Hoars* *Martin-Luther-Universitat Halle-Wittenberg, Fachbereich Werkstoffwissenschaften, Lehrstuhl Technische Mechanik, D-06099 Halle, Germany 'Graduiertenkolleg "MBI", Otto-von-Guericke-Universitat Magdeburg, P.O. Box 4120, D-39018 Magdeburg, Germany 1 Introduction The growing use of fibre-reinforced composites as substitutes for metallic alloys in automotive and other engineering areas requires an adequate main- tenance behaviour of these materials. Especially thinwalled structures are sensitive to impact loads, which mostly lead to damages, even in case of low velocity impacts. The main problem after the detection of the damaged area is the question wether the damaged structure has to be removed or must be repaired. In this case, a patch has to be joined into the damaged area. The most suitable joining procedure for composite materials is bon- ding, because the mechanical behav

Keywords