'Bleeding Composites' Mimic Self-Healing Skin
Credit: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Bump a catering truck into the fuselage and you will put a dent in a metal airframe. The damage will be visible, and the consequences clear. Not so with composites. A low-velocity impact that would produce easily detectable surface damage on a metal aircraft could wreak invisible havoc inside a...
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