Soft adhesive systems (SASs), which consist of a soft adhesive layer and/or soft adherends,
have been extensively applied in advanced fields such as biomedicine, flexible electronics …

In aerospace engineering applications, lightweight material structures are considered to
perform difficult service conditions and afford energy efficiency. Therefore, composite …

A novel extended finite element method (XFEM)-artificial neural network (ANN) approach is
proposed to predict the performance of aluminium panels repaired single-sided with a …

In this study, the fatigue behavior of composite patched and non-patched Al 5083 aluminum
plates was numerically investigated. Al 5083 Aluminum plates with semi-circular notched (2 …

In this work, a model based on the combination of two approaches XFEM and CZM, has
been used to predict the damage of repairs by composite patch (patch/adhesive/plate …

Composite patches are widely accepted as a useful practice for the repair of cracked aircraft
components and the repair method is of vital importance to the final performance of the …

This study investigated numerically the effect of using composite patches with various
geometric shapes to improve the fatigue life of aluminum panels of AA7075-T6 and AA2024 …

Bonded patches are widely used in several industry sectors for repairing damaged plates,
cracks in metallic structures, and reinforcement of damaged structures. Composite patches …

The present research aims to investigate efficient repair techniques of cracked Ti-alloy
aircraft structures with adhesively bonded carbon fiber-reinforced polymer prepreg patches …

Thin panels of aluminium alloy 6061-T6 with a centre pre-crack were repaired with a one-
sided asymmetrical CFRP patch through co-curing of epoxy at the room temperature to have …