Influence of stress relaxation on clamp-up force in hybrid composite-to-metal bolted joints

Composite Structures

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 285-293

  Caccese, Vincent ^a   Berube, Keith A ^a   Fernandez, Mauricio ^a   Daniel Melo, J ^b   Kabche, Jean Paul ^a  

^a University of Maine   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

A. Hybrid connections; B. Stress relaxation; D. Viscoelastic creep; E. Bolted joints joining

Indexed keywords

BOLTED JOINTS; CREEP; CURVE FITTING; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRESS RELAXATION;

A. HYBRID CONNECTIONS; B. STRESS RELAXATION; BOLTED CONNECTIONS; D. VISCOELASTIC CREEP; E. BOLTED JOINTS/JOINING; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FATIGUE LIVES; HYBRID COMPOSITES; LEAST SQUARES METHODS; LOAD CURVES; POST CURES; PRELOAD; RELAXATION EFFECTS; SECONDARY STRESS; STRESS RELAXATION RATES; TEMPERATURE SHIFTS; THERMAL RESPONSE; TIME PERIODS;

BOLTS;

COMPOSITE; CREEP; FATIGUE; STRENGTH; STRESS; TEMPERATURE; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 61449266631     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2008.07.031     Document Type: Article

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