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Comprehensive evaluation of mechanical and electromagnetic repairability of damaged microwave-absorbing honeycomb structure
Received date: 2025-06-04
Revised date: 2025-07-04
Accepted date: 2025-07-28
Online published: 2025-08-11
Supported by
National Natural Science Foundation of China(12372141)
Microwave-absorbing honeycomb is a commonly used Electromagnetic （EM） wave absorbing material of advanced aircraft， but damage during service will lead to degradation in both EM wave absorbing and mechanical performance. The vertical reflectivity and in-plane compression properties of repaired microwave-Absorbing Honeycomb Sandwich （AHS） were studied by simulation and experiments， and a new evaluation index for the EM repairability of damaged AHS， defined as the maximum difference between the repaired and undamaged structure， is proposed in this paper. The effects of bonded repair technology on the mechanical and EM repairability of AHS are analyzed， and a comprehensive evaluation on mechanical and EM repairability is made based on the fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method. The results show that both patch and scarf repair will lead to an increase of structural reflectivity and the shift of absorbing center frequency to low frequency. The evaluation index for the EM repairability increases with the increase of repair area. The mechanical repairability is better than EM repairability after patch and scarf repair. Single-sided scarf repair with scarf slope of 20∶1 is the repair scheme with the best mechanical and EM comprehensive repairability.
Leilei YAN , Jian HU , Ruilin HUANG , Linhao CHENG , Maoyuan LI , Xitao ZHENG . Comprehensive evaluation of mechanical and electromagnetic repairability of damaged microwave-absorbing honeycomb structure[J]. ACTA AERONAUTICAET ASTRONAUTICA SINICA, 2026 , 47(6) : 432370 -432370 . DOI: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2025.32370
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