Simon at workSimon Shenton at work in the Met Lab in 1984 cutting a glass / carbon fibre reinforced polypropylene test sample (bonded to aluminium).  This was used for a ‘battle damaged aircraft repair’ project.  Samples were cut into 25mm strips and subsequently tested for the bond strength between the repair patch (glass / carbon fibre reinforced polypropylene) and the aircraft skin (aluminium).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jun 2016

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