This paper presents a recently developed analytical model for assessing the load attractions on bonded composite repairs of composite structures. Basic formulation of the analytical model considers the bonded composite repairs of a laminated anisotropic elastic thin plate. The repair patch was also assumed to be laminated anisotropic elastic. Load attractions around the elliptical boundary of a repair patch were computed, when the repaired plate was under a combined loading of in-plane shearing and stretching, and out of plane bending. The repair patch was modeled as an inhomogeneity of the plate within the content of the Kirchhoff theory. This problem of two-dimensional deformations of anisotropic elastic materials was reduced to the problem of finding complex eigenvalues and their corresponding eigenvectors from an eigenrelation, which is a function of the elastic stiffness. The model is capable of simulating an extremely soft patch, e.g. with modulus being 10~(-6) of the laminate, therefore, the model can be used for damage assessment to determine if repairs are indeed required. Comparisons with known classic solutions for the problems of laminate plates with open holes are presented. Effects of the patch stiffness on the load attractions are studied for various repair configurations, including a repair with a rigid patch, to demonstrate the versatility of the analytical model. In addition, effect of the aspect ratio of the elliptical patch was investigated by studying cases with various aspect ratios, i.e., the elliptical patch is skewed from one direction to the other. As the aspect ratio of an elliptical open hole deviates significantly from the value of 1 for a circle hole, the solution exhibits some near singular behavior found in the crack problem. The load attractions are computed for every point around the boundary of the patch.
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