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Method of repairing discontinuity in fiberglass structuresDamaged fiberglass structures are repaired by substantially filling the irregular surfaced damaged area with a liquid, self-curing resin, preferably an epoxy resin mixed with chopped fiberglass, and then applying to the resin surface the first of several woven fiberglass swatches which has stitching in a zig-zag pattern parallel to each of its edges and a fringe of warp and fill glass fibers about the edges outward of the stitching. The method is especially applicable to repair of fiberglass rocket engine casings and is particularly advantageous since it restores the repaired fiberglass structure to substantially its original strength without any significant changes in the geometry or mass of the structure.
Document ID
19740021888
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other - Patent
Authors
Gelb, L. L.
(Hercules, Inc., Wilmington Del., United States)
Helbert, W. B., Jr.
(Hercules, Inc., Wilmington Del., United States)
Enie, R. B.
(Hercules, Inc., Wilmington Del., United States)
Mulliken, R. F.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 3, 2013
Publication Date
June 4, 1974
Subject Category
Physics, Atomic, Molecular, And Nuclear
Report/Patent Number
Patent Application Number: US-PATENT-APPL-SN-251752
Patent Number: NASA-CASE-LAR-10416-1
Patent Number: US-PATENT-3,814,645
Accession Number
74N30001
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Patent
NASA-CASE-LAR-10416-1|US-PATENT-3,814,645
Patent Application
US-PATENT-APPL-SN-251752
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