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 2008-7.2.2

LOADED CARBON COMPOSITE SCARF JOINTS SUBJECT TO QUASI STEADY LATERAL LOADS

H. C. H. Li, S. Feih, A. J. Gunnion*, I. Herszberg*, M. L. Scott*
RMIT Univ., Australia; *CRC-ACS, Australia

Keywords: Carbon composite, bonded repair, scarf joint, impact

Previous work has shown that under certain circumstances, impact on highly loaded composite scarf joints may cause catastrophic failure. Results are presented from experimental and finite element failure analyses of tension loaded scarf joints in CFRP specimens with quasi-static lateral loads which simulate impact on tension loaded scarf joined specimens.

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