Out-of-autoclave manufacturing of GLARE panels using resistance heating

Title

Out-of-autoclave manufacturing of GLARE panels using resistance heating

 Author

Muller, B. (TU Delft Structural Integrity & Composites)
Palardy, G. (TU Delft Structural Integrity & Composites)
Teixeira De Freitas, S. (TU Delft Structural Integrity & Composites) ORCID 0000-0002-0847-6287
Sinke, J. (TU Delft Structural Integrity & Composites)

Date

2017-08-01

 Abstract

Autoclave manufacturing of fibre metal laminates, such as GLARE, is an expensive process.Therefore, there is an increasing interest to find cost effective out-of-autoclave manufacturing processes without diminishing the laminate quality. The aim of this study is to evaluate the quality of fibre metal laminate panels adhesively bonded and cured using resistance heating. Three manufacturing processes are compared for different layups with an embedded steel mesh at the mid-plane:autoclave curing, resistance bonding of two (autoclave-cured) panels, and complete out-of-autoclave resistance curing of panels. Interlaminar shear strength tests and optical microscopy analysis showed that resistance bonding is a promising technique, leading to results comparable to autoclave curing.Resistance curing led to an interlaminar shear strength decrease of 30-60%. A study of the correlation between degree of cure and distance from the mesh revealed the potential of resistance bonding to be used for flexible embedded mesh geometries and on-site repairs.


Subject

Resistance heating
Out-of-autoclave
Fibre metal laminates

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 DOI

https://doi.org/10.1177/0021998317727592

 Embargo date

2018-08-01

 ISSN

0021-9983

 Source

Journal of Composite Materials

 Part of collection

Institutional Repository

 Document type

journal article

 Rights

© 2017 B. Muller, G. Palardy, S. Teixeira De Freitas, J. Sinke
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