Abstract

The strength of joints between a carbon steel shaft and a glass fiber reinforced plastic (GFRP) tube connected with adhesive resin was investigated analytically and experimentally. The stress distributions under the combined tensile and torsional loads were calculated using the finite element method. It was shown that stress concentrations occurred at the edges of the overlap between two shafts. The strains measured by the strain gauges on the surface of the shaft joints were in close agreement with the calculated results. The strength of the adhesive shaft joint was predicted by applying the strength laws of GFRP, carbon steel, the adhesive layer and their interfaces to the calculated stress distributions. The predicted strength of the adhesive shaft joint under the combined loads was in good agreement with the experimental results of the initial cracking load.

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