Fracture and fatigue analysis of adhesively bonded composite joints

• Main Author: Tang, Jiann Haur
• Other Authors: Sridhar Idapalapati
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Mechanical strength of materials; DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Composite materials
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/61600
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Glass and carbon fiber reinforced polymer composite materials are predominantly finding wider use in civilian aircraft and wind turbine rotor designs. Adhesive bonding is commonly used to realize large composite structures due to their limited manufacturability to realize complex shapes. A successfu...