11 - Operations and Sustainment
OPTIMAL SHAPE OF REPAIR PATCHES IN COMPOSITES
L. Echer¹, C.E. de Souza, Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil; R.J. Marczak¹; ¹Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
The present work proposes an optimization based methodology for obtaining the best patch shapes for composite repair of damaged laminate panels. A two-phase optimization was employed. The optimization of the fiber orientation that maximizes the strength of the repair patch was followed by the minimization of the repair surface. Different patch shapes were tested.