A Finite Element and Experimental Evaluation of Boron-Epoxy Doublers Bonded to an Aluminum Substrate

Journal of Composites Technology and Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 108-119

  Valentin, R V ^a   Butkus, L M ^a   Johnson, W Steve ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesive bonding; Boron epoxy doubler; Debonding; Double cantilever beam; Durability; Fatigue threshold; Finite element analysis; Fracture toughness; Thermal mismatch

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE JOINTS; ALUMINUM; BORON; DURABILITY; EPOXY RESINS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HIGH MODULUS TEXTILE FIBERS;

BORON-EPOXY LAMINATES; HYBRID COMPOSITES;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 0032050906     PISSN: 08846804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/ctr10051j     Document Type: Article

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