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JOURNAL OF REINFORCED PLASTICS AND COMPOSITES
Volume 34, Issue 5, Pages 388-404Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/0731684415572199
Keywords
Composite; single-bolt joints; failure mechanism; progressive damage analysis; end distance
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- National Science Foundation of China [11372020]
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To explore the physical effect of end distances on mechanical behaviors of composite bolted joints, series of single-bolt composite joints designed with different end distances were tested. In conjunction with the experimental work, a numerical progressive damage method is introduced to trace the damage process from the onset and propagation up to ultimate failure of the joints. A group of material degradation factors is presented by a trial-and-error method to establish three-dimensional progressive damage models of the bolted joints. The progressive damage analyses show that the predicted load-displacement curves, failure loads, and failure patterns of bolted joints with different end distances are in good agreements with the related experimental outcomes. From the experimental and numerical results, it follows that the cleavage failure gradually switches to the bearing failure with the increasing ratio of E/D ranged from about 2 to 4. An economic and suitable ratio of E/D approximate to 3 is provided for the bolted joints made of X850 carbon/epoxy composites with balanced and symmetric layups [45/0/-45/0/90/0/45/0/-45/0](s). The understanding of the effect of E/D on the mechanical behaviors including the strength, stiffness, and failure patterns of single-bolt joints is strengthened.
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