A novel delamination damage control and management concept is demonstrated showing how, through selective placement of discrete thermoplastic film interleaves, it is possible to manipulate the formation of impact damage and control its subsequent propagation during compressive fatigue cyclic loading.This process has been shown to significantly improve the fatigue life of the composite panels tested by an average of 13 times. It is proposed that this method of controlling delamination damage growth may lead to lower weight damage tolerant composite designs resulting in more cost effective composite structures.2
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