Abstract
Fiber reinforced composites have emerged as high performance materials for a variety of engineering applications due to their higher specific strength and stiffness compared to those of metallic bulk materials. They can be designed to provide the desired strength and stiffness in the required direction in any particular region of structure. Owing to these properties, composites will remain as one of the key materials in structural engineering for years to come. A circular hole in a laminated composite plate with a rigid pin is the basic configuration to study and understand the mechanics of load transfer in a pin joint. Three cases:, clearance, push and interference fit, are studied. Radial and tangential stresses along the whole boundary are studied and presented. Symmetrical composites of different lay-ups with pin loading case are considered for the analysis. NISA finite element software code has been used for the analysis. The results of the analysis demonstrate that the interference fit, where the contact is larger than for push and clearance fits, has the least value of maximum radial contact pressure. The maximum tangential stresses occur near the transition point between contact and separation.
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