27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS2010-8.6ST

PARAMETRIC EVALUATION ON THE CURVED PART OF COMPOSITE T-JOINTS BASED ON NUMERICAL SIMULATION

H. Cui, Y. Li, S. Koussios*, A. Beukers*
NPU, China; *DUT, Netherlands

Keywords: composites, cohesive zone model, parametric evaluation, stochastic crack

Debonding and stochastic cracking in the composite T-joints is simulated using cohesive zone model. The effects of the radius of the joint, the mechanical properties of the filler and the strength of the adhesive on loading capacity and failure mode are investigated. The results are verified by experiments.

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