Experimental investigation of dynamically loaded bolted joints in carbon fibre composite structures

Applied Composite Materials

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 271-291

  Pearce, Garth M ^a,b   Johnson, Alastair F ^b   Thomson, Rodney S ^c   Kelly, Donald W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Composite Structures ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Bolted joints; Carbon fibre composites; Dynamic loading; Polymer matrix composites; Rate effects

Indexed keywords

BOLT BEARING; CARBON FIBRE COMPOSITES; COMPLEX JOINTS; CONSTANT DYNAMICS; DIFFERENT MODES; DOMINANT CONTRIBUTIONS; DYNAMIC LOADING; DYNAMIC LOADINGS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; JOINT LOADS; LOADING DIRECTION; LOADING MODES; LOADING RATE; LOADING RATE EFFECTS; LOW RATES; RATE EFFECTS; SINGLE FASTENER JOINTS; STRUCTURAL TESTS;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); BOLTED JOINTS; BOLTS; CARBON FIBERS; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; DYNAMIC LOADS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBERS; FUSION REACTOR DIVERTORS; LOADING; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 77952010378     PISSN: 0929189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10443-009-9120-8     Document Type: Article

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