Time-dependent behaviour of steel/CFRP double strap joints subjected to combined thermal and mechanical loading

Composite Structures

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1826-1833

  Nguyen, Tien Cuong ^a   Bai, Yu ^a   Al Mahaidi, Riadh ^b   Zhao, Xiao Ling ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CFRP; Double strap joint; Modelling; Temperature; Thermomechanical

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; CRITICAL ISSUES; CYCLIC TEMPERATURES; CYCLIC THERMAL LOADING; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; HIGHER LOADS; LOAD LEVELS; MECHANICAL LOADING; MODELLING; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS; STRENGTH DEGRADATION; STRENGTH RECOVERY; STRUCTURAL ADHESIVE; TEMPERATURE LEVEL; THERMO-MECHANICAL; TIME DEPENDENT FAILURE; TIME TO FAILURE; TIME-DEPENDENT BEHAVIOUR; TIME-DEPENDENT MATERIAL PROPERTIES; ULTIMATE LOADS;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; TEMPERATURE;

DEGRADATION;

EID: 84862793555     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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