Repair of Advanced Composites for Aerospace Applications

This book focusses on repairing polymer composites for critical components used in aerospace industries including the complexities of failure and repair of composites, type of fiber reinforcement and bonding. It also covers damage assessment, automated repair processes and characterization, modeling and simulation of composite damage mechanisms.

Mohamed Thariq Bin Haji Hameed Sultan specializes in the field of Hybrid Composites, Advance Materials, Structural Health Monitoring and Impact Studies. He is also a Professional Engineer (PEng) registered under the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) and he is also a Charted Engineer (CEng) registered with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) United Kingdom. M. Rajesh is currently working in the School of Mechanical Engineering at the Vellore Institute of Technology University, India. He specializes in the field of Hybrid Composites, Advance Materials, composite joint and its failure analysis. K. Jayakrishna is an Associate professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at the Vellore Institute of Technology University, India. Dr. Jayakrishna's research is focused on bio-composites and management of manufacturing systems and supply chains to enhance efficiency, productivity and sustainability performance.

Chapter 1 A Review on Polymer Nanocomposites Used in Aerospace Chapter 2 A Review on Natural Fibre Reinforced Composite Under UV Concentration for Aircraft Application Chapter 3 A Review on Advanced Polymer Composites Used in Aerospace Application Chapter 4 The Mechanical Properties of Kenaf/Jute Hybrid Composites in Different Angles of Orientation Chapter 5 Dynamic Behaviour of Adhesively Bonded Structures in Aerospace Applications: An Overview Chapter 6 Introduction on Repair of Composites: Types of Repair Techniques Chapter 7 Adhesively Bonded Composite Joints in Aerospace Application: An Overview Chapter 8 Impact Testing of Graphene, Epoxy and Carbon Fibre Reinforced Coir Composites and Automatic Prediction of Graphene Composition Using ANN Chapter 9 Failure of Composite Structure: Modelling of Cracks in the Aerospace Composite Structure Chapter 10 Low Temperature Effect on Deflection Behavior of a Cracked Laminated Glass Plat Chapter 11 Damage Detection and Evaluation on Gamma Irradiated Oil Palm EFB/Kevlar Hybrid Composites Using NDT Methods Chapter 12 Mechanical Behaviour of Sandwich Composites in Automotive Applications