The influence of fastener clearance upon the failure of compression-loaded composite bolted joints

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn , Issue 1383, 2000, Pages 293-308

  Sawicki, Adam J ^a   Minguet, Pierre J ^a  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bearing bypass interaction; Bolted joints; Composites; Compression loading; Finite element analysis; Hole tolerance; Strength prediction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039591671     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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