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

Applied Composite Materials

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 329-346

  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; Explicit finite element analysis; Impact modelling; Polymer matrix composites

Indexed keywords

BOLTED COMPOSITE JOINT; CARBON FIBRE COMPOSITES; CONTROLLED POINT; EXPLICIT FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; EXPLICIT FINITE ELEMENT CODES; IMPACT MODE; IMPACT MODELLING; INTERLAMINAR DELAMINATION; LOADING CONFIGURATION; MODELLING METHOD; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PAM-CRASH; QUASI-STATIC; SIMULATION RESULT; STRUCTURAL TESTING;

BOLTED JOINTS; BOLTS; CARBON FIBERS; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; ELECTRIC LOAD SHEDDING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUSION REACTOR DIVERTORS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 77952011967     PISSN: 0929189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10443-009-9123-5     Document Type: Article

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