Numerical Investigation on Bending Stiffnes of Several Composite Joints

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With the weight-reduction requirement for transportation tools, more and more plastics and composite materials will be applied. However, the connection between plastics, polymer-based composite and traditional metal, such as steel or aluminum, possibly become the weakest region and thus decrease the structural safety, therefore, its mechanical properties should be investigated. In this paper, a typical single-lap joint was analyzed experimentally and numerically under the three-point-bending loads, and the results were compared and finite element model was updated. Based on the validated simulation technology, three other joints were simulated and all joints were compared, and suggestion for design of composite joints was provided.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 816-817)

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191-195

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September 2013

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