Abstract
This paper describes fabrication and evaluation of an active laminate having a self-repair function proposed by Asanuma. It was made by hot-pressing of aluminum plates as a high CTE material, a unidirectional CFRP prepreg as a low CTE material and an electric resistance heater, a GFRP cloth prepreg as an insulator between them, a thermoplastic in the GFRP layer as an adhesive for self-repair and copper foils as electrodes. It was delaminated, and then the embedded thermoplastic was melted by the joule heating for actuation of the laminate. By this experiment, it was shown that the melted thermoplastic penetrated into the cavity made by the delamination and bonded the delaminated layers.
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