Composite Repair
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsKeenan S. Rickless, William Brandt Majors
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Abstract
A composite structure is presented. The composite structure comprises a plurality of cured composite plies with a void creating a separation within the plurality of cured composite plies. The composite structure comprises a number of injection holes connecting the void to an exterior of the plurality of cured composite plies. The composite structure comprises a cured resin with a plurality of electromagnetically steerable fibers within the separation forming the composite repair and configured to transmit forces to composite plies in contact with the composite repair, wherein mechanical properties of the composite repair are improved in the direction of a set of the plurality of electromagnetically steerable fibers with less knock-down.
Claims20
A composite structure with a composite repair having structural capabilities, the composite structure comprising:
- a plurality of cured composite plies with a void creating a separation within the plurality of cured composite plies;
- a number of injection holes connecting the void to an exterior of the plurality of cured composite plies;
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- a cured resin with a plurality of electromagnetically steerable fibers within the separation forming the composite repair and configured to transmit forces to composite plies in contact with the composite repair, wherein mechanical properties of the composite repair are improved in the direction of a set of the plurality of electromagnetically steerable fibers with less knock-down.
A composite structure with a composite repair having structural capabilities, the composite structure comprising:
- a plurality of cured composite plies with a void creating a separation within the plurality of cured composite plies;
- a number of injection holes connecting the void to an exterior of the plurality of cured composite plies;
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- a cured resin with a plurality of electromagnetically steerable fibers within the separation forming the composite repair and configured to transmit forces to composite plies in contact with the composite repair.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.