Textron Inc.
Methods of making a specimen with a predetermined wrinkle defect
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Abstract:
In an aspect, there is a method of determining allowable defects for a composite component comprising identifying at least one wrinkle characteristic of a composite component wrinkle defect; making a first plurality of specimens each having a predetermined wrinkle defect representative of the composite component wrinkle defect; measuring each of the predetermined wrinkle defects in the first plurality of specimens for at least one performance metric to generate performance data; and generating an allowable wrinkle defect profile based on the performance data from the first plurality of specimens. In other aspects, there are methods of making a specimen with a predetermined wrinkle defect.
Status:
Grant
Type:
Utility
Filling date:
7 Jul 2020
Issue date:
13 Sep 2022