Adhesive and composite failure prediction of single-L joint structures under tensile loading

International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-59

  Feih, S ^a,b,c   Shercliff, H R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b TWI LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

A. Epoxy epoxides; B. Composites; C. Finite element stress analysis; E. Joint design

Indexed keywords

EPOXY/EPOXIDES; FINITE ELEMENT STRESS ANALYSIS; JOINT DESIGN; TENSILE LOADING;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRACK INITIATION; DELAMINATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ADHESIVES;

EID: 4444257712     PISSN: 01437496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijadhadh.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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