Metallic mesh transition for joining fiber reinforced polymers and metallic structures

A method of making a hybrid composite component, the method comprising:

• interleaving one or more metallic mesh laminae with two or more interleaved laminae of a first fiber reinforced composite material,
• wherein interleaving the one or more metallic mesh laminae with the two or more interleaved laminae of the first fiber reinforced composite material comprises:
• providing fibers in a position relative to the one or more metallic mesh laminae;
• providing a polymer matrix material in a position relative to the one or more metallic mesh laminae;
• and
• curing the fibers and the polymer matrix material,
• wherein the one or more metallic mesh laminae comprises a metallic material,
• wherein at least a first portion of the one or more metallic mesh laminae extends past a first edge of the two or more interleaved laminae of the first fiber reinforced composite material, and
• wherein at least a second portion of the two or more interleaved laminae of the first fiber reinforced composite material extends past a second edge of the one or more metallic mesh laminae;
• and
• providing one or more proximal laminae of a second fiber reinforced composite material in a position proximal to the second edge of the one or more metallic mesh laminae,
• wherein the at least a portion of the one or more proximal laminae of the second fiber reinforced composite material are interleaved with the second portion of the two or more interleaved laminae of the first fiber reinforced composite material,
• wherein the second fiber reinforced composite material is galvanically incompatible with the metallic material, and
• wherein a gap is provided between the one or more proximal laminae of the second fiber reinforced composite material and the second edge of the one or more metallic mesh.

A method of making a hybrid composite component, the method comprising:

• interleaving one or more metallic mesh laminae with two or more interleaved laminae comprising a first fiber reinforced composite material,
• wherein interleaving the one or more metallic mesh laminae with the two or more interleaved laminae of the first fiber reinforced composite material comprises:
• providing fibers in a position relative to the one or more metallic mesh laminae;
• providing a polymer matrix material in a position relative to the one or more metallic mesh laminae;
• and
• curing the fibers and the polymer matrix material,
• wherein at least a first portion of the one or more metallic mesh laminae extends past a first edge of the two or more interleaved laminae of the first fiber reinforced composite material, and
• wherein at least a second portion of the two or more interleaved laminae of the first fiber reinforced composite material extends past a second edge of the one or more metallic mesh laminae.