Sad news. (Leonard) John Hart-Smith has recently passed away in Melbourne Australia. John was a strident pioneer in adhesive bonding technologies and composite structures. He will be sadly missed.
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Blakmax
Hello out there. I am looking for any data on fatigue of bonded joints where the Aluminium has been prepared using PAA. Can anyone help?
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Blakmax
I'd like to bring attention to a paper I recently published which brings into question the frequent reliance on adhesive bond NDI to assure structural integrity. Such faith is based on damage tolerance analysis to determine tolerable defect sizes, combined with in-service NDI to detect defects...
I’d like to start a discussion about applying damage tolerance analysis (DTA) to adhesive bonded structures. I presented a paper on this earlier this year, and I’d welcome feedback. The full paper is at...
Does anyone have information on the effectiveness/risks of using dye penetrants for inspecting composites for damage such as impact damage?
My thoughts are that firstly if it is BVID there may not be sufficient surface damage (compared to sub-surface delaminations) to make the process viable...
