Prevost XLII Skin Delamination Repair

[Hisham Amaral]

David
If you constrain a sheet panel on all four side you can introduce the XL2 failure that we see with delaminating conditions of the bonded surface. With a flat sheet of "FRP" that failure may be taken out by the flexibility of the material.
Been a long time since I did any engineering 12 years down and counting.
You may want to start playing with the FEA program that you have, that may shade some on the issue.
Pervost have changed the structure from 2007 on they may have learned something from the XL2. my opinion they should forget bonding and go back to rivet process. The XL is a good looking vehicle, I can understand cost but the price Prevost is charging for the shell they reconsider going back to rivet.