Stress Analysis of Butt Adhesive Joints of Dissimilar Hollow Cylinders Under Impact Tensile Loadings

Abstract

The stress variations in butt adhesive joints of dissimilar hollow cylinders under impact tensile loadings are analyzed in elastic and elasto-plastic deformation using a finite element method. The FEM code employed is DYNA3D. The effect of Young’s modulus of the adhesive, adhesive thickness and the inside diameter of the hollow cylinders and Young’s modulus ratio between dissimilar adherends on the stress variations at the interfaces are examined. In addition, a process in rupture at the interface of the joint is analyzed. The stress distributions in the joints under static loadings are also analyzed by an FEM. The characteristics of the stress variations in the joints under impact loadings are compared with those in the joints under the static loadings. Also, the joint strenths under impact loadings are estimated. As the results, it is found that the maximum value of the maximum principal stress σl occurs at the outside of the interface. It is also found that the maximum principal stress σl at the interface decreases as the inside diameter of the hollow cylinders increases. The characteristics of the joints subjected to the impact loadings are found to be opposite to those subjected to the static loadings. In addition, the experiments were carried out to measure the strain response of the butt adhesive joints under impact tensile loads using strain gauges. Furthermore, the joint strengths under impact loadings were measured. Fairly good agreements are observed between the numerical and the measured results.