Abstract
Repair of cracked components by an adhesively bonded composite patch has gained acceptance in aerospace structures. The advantages of the double symmetric repair compared to the single one are well known. These advantages permit a significant reduction of the stress intensity near the repaired defect. In this study, a new approach was used to determine the advantage of the double symmetric patch: it is the determination of the mass gain obtained by the use of the double patch if the two techniques (single and double patches) give the same stress intensity at the crack tip. The mass gain was estimated numerically using the three-dimensional finite element method for repaired inclined cracks. The obtained results show that the mass gain eventually obtained by the use of the double patch can be very significant.
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