26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS 2008-7.2.1

INVESTIGATION OF ADHESIVELY BONDED COMPOSITE STRUCTURE JOINTS

N. Basso, M. Chrishti*, J. Bayandor*, R. Thomson**, C. Bisagni
Politecnico di Milano, Italy; *RMIT Univ., Australia; **CRC-ACS, Australia

Keywords: Composite bonded joints, FEM, mode I, mode II, single lap joints

Adhesively bonded joints offer many advantages over mechanical fasteners in composite structures such as improved stress distribution, corrosion resistance, mass and cost savings. This paper reports on investigations aiming at understanding their complex fracture behaviours and translating the findings into a fast design tool, capable of accurately predicting such mechanisms.

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