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Chunhua Wan1, Xin Du2, Guofan Zhang1
1National Key Laboratory of Strength and Structural Integrity, Aircraft Strength Research Institute of China, Xi'an 710065, China.
Abstract:
A progressive damage model was developed to study the damage and failure behavior of CFRP/Ti double-bolt scarf joints under quasi-static loading. The three-dimensional Hashin failure criterion was integrated into a finite element model via the ABAQUS user-defined material subroutine. Quasi-static tensile tests were conducted to investigate failure mechanisms and validate the model. The predicted failure modes match the experimental results with an error of 11.8% in the prediction of ultimate load. The effect of helicoidal layup on the composite joint was studied for the application of a helicoidal composite. The results show that the helicoidal layup configuration with a 45/-45 layup on the surface had the highest failure load, and the helicoidal layup introduced more tensile damage in the matrix. This study offers practical failure prediction methods and comprehensive failure mode analysis for composite bolted scarf joints.
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