Recent Advances in Structural Joints and Repairs for Composite Materials

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Preface. 1: Stress Analysis and Failure Assessment of Lap Joints C.H. Wang, L.R.F. Rose. 1.1. Introduction. 1.2. A critical review of stress analysis and failure assessment. 1.3. Ends effect. 1.4. Stress concentration in adherends. 1.5. Triaxial stresses and plastic yielding. 1.6. References. 2: Strength Determination of Adhesive Bonded Joints L. Tong, J.K. Spelt, G. Fernlund. 2.1. Introduction. 2.2. Failure of adhesive joints. 2.3. Stress analysis of adhesive joints. 2.4. Failure criteria and materials characterization. 2.5. Strength determination for static loading. 2.6. Strength determination for cyclic loading. 2.7. Design for creep crack growth. 2.8. References. 3: Stresses in Mechanical Fastened Joints F.L. Matthews, P.P. Camanho. 3.1. Experimental behaviour. 3.2. Semi-analytical and numerical methods of stress analysis. 3.3. Strength prediction methods. 3.4. Conclusions. 3.5. References. 4: Strength Determination of Mechanical Fastened Joints F.-K. Chang, X.L. Qing. 4.1. Introduction. 4.2. Progressive failure analysis. 4.3. Numerical prediction. 4.4. Verification and comparison. 4.5. Effect of the clamping. 4.6. Composite joints under combined bearing and axial-bypass loads. 4.7. Conclusion. 4.8. Acknowledgement. 4.9. References. 5: Strength Analysis of AdhesivelyBonded Repairs C. Soutis, F.Z. Hu. 5.1. Introduction. 5.2. External Patch Repairs. 5.3. Design of bonded joints. 5.4. Strength prediction of external patch repair. 5.5. Scarf patch repairs. 5.6. Discussion and concluding remarks. 5.7. References. 6: Adhesively Bonded Joints for Fibrous Composite Structures L.J. Hart-Smith. 6.1. Introduction. 6.2. Adhesively bonded joint configurations. 6.3. Adhesive stress-strain curves in shear. 6.4. The non-uniformity of load transfer in adhesively bonded joints. 6.5. Double-lap and double-strap joints. 6.6. Single-lap joints. 6.7. Stepped-lap bonded joints. 6.8. Scarf joints. 6.9. Adhesively bonded joints other than at splices. 6.10. Flaws in adhesive bonds. 6.11. Repair of fibrous composite structures. 6.12. Rules of thumb for designing structurally efficient joints. 6.13. Concluding remarks. 6.14. Acknowledgement. 6.15. References. 7: Design and Analysis of Bolted and Riveted Joints in Fibrous Composite Structures L.J. Hart-Smith. 7.1. Introduction. 7.2. Single-hole test coupons. 7.3. Effects of fibre patterns on strength of bolted composite joints. 7.4. Experimental test program. 7.5. Correlation between test and theory. 7.6. Joint efficiency charts for designing bolted composite joints. 7.7. Miscellaneous considerations. 7.8. Rules of thumb for designing structurally efficient joints. <