Fatigue performance of a bonded wavy composite lap joint

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 413-422

  Zeng, Q ^a   Sun, C T ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesive joints; Bond strength; Composites; Fatigue life; Single lap joint; Wavy lap joint

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DURABILITY; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FATIGUE TESTING; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

LAP JOINT; UNIDIRECTIONAL COMPOSITE ADHERENDS; WAVY COMPOSITE LAP JOINT; WAVY LAP JOINT DESIGN;

ADHESIVE JOINTS;

EID: 1942532823     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2004.00761.x     Document Type: Article

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