Bearing strength of carbon fibre/epoxy laminates: Effects of bolt-hole clearance

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 331-343

  Kelly, Gordon ^a   Hallström, Stefan ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bearing strength; Bolted joint; Composite; Experimental investigation; Finite element analysis

Indexed keywords

BOLTED JOINTS; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESSES;

BEARING STRENGTH; BOLT-HOLE CLEARANCE; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION; LAMINATE STACKING SEQUENCE;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 1842584535     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2003.11.001     Document Type: Article

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