Numerical analysis of damage progression and strength of countersunk composite joints

Composite Structures

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 643-653

  Chishti, Maajid ^a   Wang, Chun H ^a   Thomson, Rodney S ^b   Orifici, Adrian C ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Advanced Composite Structures Ltd ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Bearing; Countersunk joints; Finite element analysis; Progressive damage

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS APPROACH; APPLIED LOADS; BEARING TESTS; COHESIVE ELEMENT; COMPOSITE JOINT; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; DAMAGE PROGRESSION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FIBRE REINFORCED COMPOSITES; FRICTIONAL CONTACT; HEIGHT RATIO; LOAD CARRYING; MATERIAL PROPERTY; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PROGRESSIVE DAMAGE; REASONABLE ACCURACY; RIGID ELEMENTS; SINGLE LAP JOINTS; STANDARD TESTS;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); BOLTED JOINTS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOCKS (FASTENERS);

BOLTS;

EID: 84855191944     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2011.08.030     Document Type: Article

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