1st Edition

Engineered Repairs of Composite Structures

By Rikard Benton Heslehurst Copyright 2019
244 Pages
by CRC Press

244 Pages 5 Color & 189 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

244 Pages 5 Color & 189 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Engineered Repairs of Composite Structures provides a detailed discussion, analysis, and procedures for effective and efficient repair design of advanced composite structures. It discusses the identification of damage types and the effect on structural integrity in composite structures, leading to the design of a repair scheme that focusses on the restoration of the structural integrity and... Read more

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Damage and Defect Types in Composites Chapter 3 Damage Assessment Chapter 4 Damage Stress Analysis Chapter 5 Generic Repair Schemes Chapter 6 Composite Joining Methods and Design Requirements Chapter 7 Repair Scheme Design Chapter 8 Repair Scheme Application Chapter 9 Post-Repair Application Quality Assurance

Biography

Rikard Benton Heslehurst, PhD (UNSW), is a former aeronautical engineering officer of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). He is now the CEO and director of his own RDT&E company, Heslehurst and Associates Pty., Ltd. in Garran, Australia and Chief Engineer for M51 Resources Inc, Dallas TX.  Rik recently retired as a senior lecturer with the University of NSW at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra (currently is an honorary academic), and formerly the senior engineer at Abaris Training, Reno NV.  Rik is a Chartered Professional Engineer, a Fellow of the Institute of Engineers, Australia, a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and a SAMPE Fellow.