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The behaviour of various aircraft lap joint repair configurations is investigated experimentally and numerically under static loading. The lap joints consist of aluminium alloy (AA) 2024-T3 substrates repaired with twin single-sided AA 2024-T3 or Carbon Fibre Reinforced Epoxy (CFRE) doublers. Pure riveted, pure bonded and hybrid (riveted and bonded) joints of metal–metal and metal–composite configurations...