A review of mechanical drilling for composite laminates

Composite Structures

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1265-1279

  Liu, DeFu ^a   Tang, YongJun ^b,c   Cong, W L ^c  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Kansas State University   (United States)

Author keywords

CFRP; Composite laminate; Delamination; Drilling; GFRP

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS; COMPOSITE LAMINATE; CONVENTIONAL DRILLING; DRILLING EFFICIENCY; DRILLING OPERATION; DRILLING PROCESS; GFRP; HIGH SPEED DRILLING; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MACHINING PROCESS; MECHANICAL DRILLING; METAL COMPOSITES; THRUST FORCES; TOOL WEAR; TWIST DRILLING;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; DELAMINATION; DRILLING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STEEL SHEET;

PAPER LAMINATES;

EID: 84855868307     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2011.11.024     Document Type: Review

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