Hey all!
I haven’t posted in forever and I really just lurk in the background. One topic that I have been really interested in lately though is fastening composite parts to either support structures or other composite parts.
I did find this thread,
http://www.compositescentral.net/showthread.php?t=3735&highlight=fastening
which wet my appetite but I think more details would be very nice. I would love any contribution for fastening but I do have several specific question in mind and I will try to stagger them out a bit.
The first thing I am wondering about is securing CF panels/parts to say a tube structure. Specifically if a tube frame chassis was constructed what would be some different ways to secure a composite body to the chassis (or support struts or whatever).
I am mainly interested in carbon if that makes any difference (which I know for something like metal contact it does). So far about all I have seen is how the Porsche 917 fiberglass body was secured to the body skeleton structure. They put the panel in place against the skeleton tubing and then wet out a strip of FG and lay it down over the tube (imagine the shape of a capital omega letter). That is nice for a body since you don’t have any hardware sticking out on the outside of the body but I’m not sure how sturdy it is.
I suppose there is also the option of epoxying in an “L” rib which could be bolted to a bracket.
What thoughts or known methods can anyone suggest?
Thanks so much!