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US 6,582,792 B1Granted
Composite material construction
AssigneeBAE SYSTEMS plc
InventorsAndrew P Godbehere, Stephen Williams, Robert D Spear
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AssigneeBAE SYSTEMS plc
InventorsAndrew P Godbehere, Stephen Williams, Robert D Spear
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A method of constructing a composite material which comprises a laminate of plies comprising a warp dominated ply and a weft dominated ply, includes arranging first and second pieces 10,12 of material alongside each other with a recess 20 being defined at least partly by a warp dominated ply 14 so that parts 16,18 thereof form a lap joint 21 which is received at least partly in a recess 20 formed in or by a warp dominated or other ply, and arranging at least part 12a of one of said first and second pieces of material 10,12 in said recess 20 so as to form lap joint 21 with part 10a of the other of the first and second pieces of material 10,12. The parts 10a, 12a of said first and second pieces of material include weft dominated plies 16,18.
A method of constructing a composite material construction in the form of a laminate of warp-dominated and weft-dominated plies, the method comprising the steps of
A composite material construction which comprises a laminate of warp-dominated and weft-dominated plies, wherein the construction comprises first and second pieces of material arranged alongside each other, a recess being defined at least partly by one of said plies, a part of one of said first and second pieces of material being received in said recess and a part of the other piece of material overlapping at least some of said part of said one piece of material to form a lap joint, said parts of said first and second pieces of material including weft-dominated plies.
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