5. Results and analysis

5.1 Macroscopic scale

• Figure 7 shows an experiment/numerical calculation comparison of the thrust forces F _z for a 4 mm thick EH25-T2H carbon/epoxy plate and a quasi-isotropic stacking sequence [90°/+45°/0°/ – 45°] _2s . While the loading imposed on the drill core represents 50% of the total loading, the relative difference between the results given by the numerical model and those given by experiment is significant (of the order of 50%) as...