Evaluation of approaches for determining design allowables for bolted joints in laminated composites

Composite Structures

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 167-176

  Wang, J ^a,b   Banbury, A ^a,b   Kelly, D W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Coop Res Ctr for Adv Compos S ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOLTED JOINTS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MECHANICAL TESTING; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

DESIGN ALLOWABLES; NOTCHED SPECIMEN TESTS; PIN BEARING TESTS;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITES, FIBRE-REINFORCED; JOINTS;

EID: 0032001637     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(98)00053-1     Document Type: Article

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