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Repair of aeronautical structures by composite patch bonding has shown its effectiveness in several studies during the last few decades. This repair technique leads to a retardation in the propagation of repaired cracks via load bridging across the patch throughout the adhesive layer, interfacing it with the repaired structure. The purpose of this study is to analyze the behavior of patch-repaired cracks present in thin plates made of aluminum alloy 7075-T6 and subjected to a single tensile overload. The sequence of application of overload on the fatigue behavior was also studied. Fatigue tests were conducted on Al 7075-T6 notched specimens where crack growth and number of cycles to failure were monitored for different patching/overload scenarios. A detailed fractographic study was performed on failed specimens to analyze the micromechanical behavior of the crack growth related to each scenario. The obtained results showed that the application of the overload before bonding the patch leads to an almost infinite fatigue life of the repaired plates.

Fatigue Behavior of Al 7075-T6 Plates Repaired with Composite Patch under the Effect of Overload