Designing for flexible and efficient composite skin-stiffener joints

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OSTI ID:89866

Tong, L ^[1]; Sheppard, A; Kelly, D ^[2]; Chalkley, P ^[3]

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1. Cooperative Research Centre for Aerospace Structures, Bankstown (Australia)
2. Univ. of New South Wales, Sydney (Australia). School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
3. Aeronautical Research Lab., Victoria (Australia). Airframes and Engines Division

This paper discusses the relationship between flexibility and efficiency in the design of adhesive-bonded composite postbuckled skin-to-stiffener joints. By introducing joint flexibility parameters and using a numerical and experimental parametric study, the effect of joint flexibility on the joint efficiency is examined. It is found that flexible joints provide higher joint efficiency.

• OSTI ID: 89866
• Report Number(s): CONF-9409291--; ISBN 1-56676-220-0
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
ADHESIVES
COMPOSITE MATERIALS
DESIGN
EPOXIDES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FINITE ELEMENT METHOD
GRAPHITE
JOINTS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS