Composite materials such as Fiber Metal Laminates (FMLs) have attracted the interest of the
aerospace and automotive industries due to their high strength to weight ratio, but to use …

In recent years, the use of hybrid composite stacks, particularly CFRP/Al assemblies, and
fiber metal laminates (FMLs) has progressively become a convincing alternative to fiber …

This paper aims to establish the wear mechanisms of coated and uncoated tungsten carbide
drills when drilling carbon fibre reinforced plastics (CFRP)/aluminium alloy (Al) stacks …

Drilling operations in glass laminate aluminium reinforced epoxy (GLARE) hybrid laminates
require different optimisation of machining parameters from those used in the drilling of its …

Glass laminate aluminium reinforced epoxy (GLARE) is an advanced aircraft material
because of its excellent fatigue crack resistance, high impact strength, high strength-to …

In general, drilling of aeronautical materials is faced with some difficulties. To improve this
process, a variety of methods have been presented by researchers. One of these methods is …

The drilling of holes in CFRP/Ti (Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Plastic/Titanium alloy) alloy stacks
is one of the frequently used mechanical operations during the manufacturing of fastening …

Drilling two different materials in a layer, or stack-up, is being practiced widely in the
aerospace industry to minimize critical dimension mismatch and error in the subsequent …

Low damage and accurate dimension are crucial requirements in the drilling of aerospace
structures, especially for bearing components of Ti/CFRP stacks. However, tremendous …

In the modern aircraft manufacturing industry, the use of fiber metal stack-up material plays
an important role. During assembly, these stack-up materials need to be drilled, and single …