Crack Propagation in an Aluminum Plate Bonded to a Glare Panel: Case Study

Glare reinforcements have been adopted in the aeronautics industry to improve fatigue performance of structural components. Glare can be applied on early stages of the project’s design or used as temporary repairs, bonded on monolithic aluminum panels to improve crack retardation. In this work, experimental tests and verified numerical models are used to analyze the crack propagation in hybrid aeronautical structures. A Glare panel bonded to a...