28th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 23 - 28 September 2012, Brisbane, Australia
Paper ICAS 2012-7.2.2


SPD REPAIRS TO THIN ALUMINIUM STRUCTURES

R. Jones, N. Matthews*, J. Elston, K. Cairns, J. Baker, B. Wadsley*, S. Pitt
Monash Univ., Australia; *Rosebank Engineering, Australia

Keywords: cold spray, corrosion repair, fatigue, aging aircraft, fuselage lap joints

This paper presents a combined experimental/analytical study into cracked aluminium specimens repaired using cold spray. Here we show that cold spray can significantly increase the fatigue life. We also show that by correctly designing the repair crack growth in both the structure and the repair can be eliminated.


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