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Progressive bearing failure modeling of composites with double-bolted joints at mesoscale level

Veisi, H ; Sharif University of Technology

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1007/s00419-014-0823-4
  3. Abstract:
  4. Both numerical and experimental researches are carried out to study the strength of the composite double-bolted joints and the bearing damage propagation. A mesoscale level progressive damage model along with analytical formulation is used to predict the bearing failure of carbon-epoxy composite plates. This damage model is introduced as a user material subroutine in the commercial software ABAQUS, and the maximum failure load is calculated. In order to validate the numerical results, experimental tests are also conducted in which comparison between the results shows an excellent agreement. Furthermore, the effects of the bolt distances on the maximum failure load are studied. The results reveal that there is an optimum bolt distance that outcomes maximum failure loads
  5. Keywords:
  6. Bearing failure ; Double-bolted joint composites ; Progressive model ; ABAQUS ; Subroutines ; Analytical formulation ; Carbon-epoxy composite ; Commercial software ; Experimental research ; Mesoscale ; User material subroutine ; Bolted joints
  7. Source: Archive of Applied Mechanics ; Vol. 84, issue. 5 , May , 2014 , p. 657-669 ; 09391533
  8. URL: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00419-014-0823-4