27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-9.5.2
3D FINITE ELEMENT MODELING OF SINGLE-LAP SHEAR BOLTED JOINTS
A. Selvarathinam, J. Frailey, J. Eisenmann
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, USA
Keywords: single-lap, finite element, beam on elastic foundation, bolted joint
A comprehensive 3D finite element study of a single-lap shear bolted joint was undertaken and the analysis results were compared with normalized test data and subsequently employed to validate beam on elastic foundation analysis.
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