Bearing failure of composite bolted joints with non-uniform bolt-to-washer clearance

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 609-615

  Tong, Liyong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEARING CAPACITY; BOLTED JOINTS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

BEARING FAILURE;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

EID: 0033733107     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(99)00090-1     Document Type: Article

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