Stress analysis of single-bolt, single-lap, countersunk composite joints with variable bolt-hole clearance

Composite Structures

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1038-1051

  Egan, B ^a   McCarthy, C T ^a   McCarthy, M A ^a   Frizzell, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bearing failure; Bolted joints; Carbon epoxy; Clearance; Countersunk; Finite element analysis

Indexed keywords

BEARING FAILURES; BOLT-HOLE CLEARANCE; CARBON-EPOXY; CLEARANCE; CLEARANCE LEVEL; COMPOSITE JOINT; COUNTERSUNK; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; HOLE BOUNDARY; JOINT MODELS; JOINT STIFFNESS; LATERAL CONSTRAINTS; LOAD TRANSFER; MANUFACTURING CAPABILITY; NON-LINEAR FINITE ELEMENTS; RADIAL STRESS;

ABAQUS; BOLTED JOINTS; BOLTS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 84855202452     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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