scholarly journals Compression Shear Properties of Bonded–Bolted Hybrid Single-Lap Joints of C/C Composites at High Temperature

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 1054
Author(s):  
Yanfeng Zhang ◽  
Zhengong Zhou ◽  
Zhiyong Tan

Based on previous research, in this paper, the compressive shear failure behavior and mechanical properties of bonded–bolted hybrid single-lap joints of C/C composites at high temperature were studied. The compression shear test was performed on the joints at 800 °C to obtain the load–displacement curve and failure morphology. The failure modes of joints were observed by digital microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. A numerical analysis model was implemented in finite element code Abaqus/Explicit embedded with the user material subroutine (VUMAT). The numerical results were compared with the test results to verify the correctness of the model. The interrelationship of the compression shear loading mechanism and the variations in stress distribution between bonded joints and bonded–bolted hybrid joints at high temperature were explored. The progressive damage of hybrid joints and the variations in the ratio of the bolt load to the total load with displacement were obtained.

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiangzhong Guo ◽  
Wei Liu ◽  
Xiqing Li ◽  
Haowen Shi ◽  
Zhikun Song

AbstractPenetration and non-penetration lap laser welding is the joining method for assembling side facade panels of railway passenger cars, while their fatigue performances and the difference between them are not completely understood. In this study, the fatigue resistance and failure behavior of penetration 1.5+0.8-P and non-penetration 0.8+1.5-N laser welded lap joints prepared with 0.8 mm and 1.5 mm cold-rolled 301L plates were investigated. The weld beads showed a solidification microstructure of primary ferrite with good thermal cracking resistance, and their hardness was lower than that of the plates. The 1.5+0.8-P joint exhibited better fatigue resistance to low stress amplitudes, whereas the 0.8+1.5-N joint showed greater resistance to high stress amplitudes. The failure modes of 0.8+1.5-N and 1.5+0.8-P joints were 1.5 mm and 0.8 mm lower lap plate fracture, respectively, and the primary cracks were initiated at welding fusion lines on the lap surface. There were long plastic ribs on the penetration plate fracture, but not on the non-penetration plate fracture. The fatigue resistance stresses in the crack initiation area of the penetration and non-penetration plates calculated based on the mean fatigue limits are 408 MPa and 326 MPa, respectively, which can be used as reference stress for the fatigue design of the laser welded structures. The main reason for the difference in fatigue performance between the two laser welded joints was that the asymmetrical heating in the non-penetration plate thickness resulted in higher residual stress near the welding fusion line.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Kai Wei ◽  
Yiwei Chen ◽  
Maojun Li ◽  
Xujing Yang

Carbon fiber-reinforced plastics- (CFRP-) steel single lap joints with regard to tensile loading with two levels of adhesives and four levels of overlap lengths were experimentally analyzed and numerically simulated. Both joint strength and failure mechanism were found to be highly dependent on adhesive type and overlap length. Joints with 7779 structural adhesive were more ductile and produced about 2-3 kN higher failure load than MA830 structural adhesive. Failure load with the two adhesives increased about 147 N and 176 N, respectively, with increasing 1 mm of the overlap length. Cohesion failure was observed in both types of adhesive joints. As the overlap length increased, interface failure appeared solely on the edge of the overlap in 7779 adhesive joints. Finite element analysis (FEA) results revealed that peel and shear stress distributions were nonuniform, which were less severe as overlap length increased. Severe stress concentration was observed on the overlap edge, and shear failure of the adhesive was the main reason for the adhesive failure.


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
Roya Akrami ◽  
Shahwaiz Anjum ◽  
Sakineh Fotouhi ◽  
Joel Boaretto ◽  
Felipe Vannucchi de Camargo ◽  
...  

Joints and interfaces are one of the key aspects of the design and production of composite structures. This paper investigates the effect of adhesive–adherend interface morphology on the mechanical behavior of wavy-lap joints with the aim to improve the mechanical performance. Intentional deviation from a flat joint plane was introduced in different bond angles (0°, 60°, 90° and 120°) and the joints were subjected to a quasi-static tensile load. Comparisons were made regarding the mechanical behavior of the conventional flat joint and the wavy joints. The visible failure modes that occurred within each of the joint configurations was also highlighted and explained. Load vs. displacement graphs were produced and compared, as well as the failure modes discussed both visually and qualitatively. It was observed that distinct interface morphologies result in variation in the load–displacement curve and damage types. The wavy-lap joints experience a considerably higher displacement due to the additional bending in the joint area, and the initial damage starts occurring at a higher displacement. However, the load level had its maximum value for the single-lap joints. Our findings provide insight for the development of different interface morphology angle variation to optimize the joints behavior, which is widely observed in some biological systems to improve their performance.


2018 ◽  
Vol 53 (23) ◽  
pp. 3335-3346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamid Reza Borghei ◽  
Bashir Behjat ◽  
Mojtaba Yazdani

In this paper, the effect of graphene nanoparticle additive on the strength of simple and hybrid (rivet-bonded) single-lap joints is studied using the experimental method. Two different types of graphene with different number of layer and thicknesses are used in adhesive-graphene nanoparticle composite construction. At first, tensile tests are done on bulk specimens of adhesive with different additives. It is found that adding 0.5 wt% of graphene to the neat adhesive leads to an increase in the ultimate tensile strength of bulk specimens almost 24% and 12% for two graphene types compared to the neat adhesive. Also, the shear strength of adhesive and hybrid lap joints incorporating two types of graphene nanoparticles (types I and II) is compared to that of adhesive and hybrid joints without graphene nanoparticles. SEM results of fracture surfaces show that the inclusion of graphene nanoparticle to the adhesive increases the roughness of surfaces. Experimental results reveal that graphene nanoparticle increases the strength of bonded and hybrid joints. It is observed that, graphene with a lower thickness and number of layers has a better influence on joint strength. In fact, graphene nanoparticle type II makes a homogeneous distribution in adhesive-graphene nanoparticle composite and causes a significant increase on joint strength.


2007 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 096369350701600 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yeliz Pekbey

The experimental investigations described in this paper were conducted in order to study the strength and failure behavior of composite plate with pin-loaded conditions. The main objective of the present paper was to investigate the influence of certain factors on the strength of the pin-loaded in E-GLASS/EPOXY composite plate with different orientations such as [0/90/±30]s and [0/90/±60]s. These factors included the preload moment (M=0, 2 Nm), the ratio of the edge distance to the pin diameter ( E/ D), and the ratio of the specimen width to the pin diameter ( W/ D). The mechanical properties and failure strengths of E-GLASS/EPOXY composite were obtained with experimental measurements. Based on experiments, the effects of laminate orientation, and preload moment on joint strengths were systematically investigated. In addition, geometrical configurations of specimens were suitably varied in order to observe all possible failure modes. A total of 150 different pin-loaded composite plate specimens were tested under static loading conditions. The specimen tested exhibited different failure modes, consisting of bearing, net-tension and shear-out, depending on the geometry adopted. Guidelines for effective laminate orientations, geometrical configurations and preload moment for mechanically pin connected E-GLASS/EPOXY composite plate were specified based on ultimate bearing strength. From the experiments, it was also found that glass-epoxy with [0/90/±30]s yielded the highest bearing strengths. Bearing strengths reached when E/D and W/D ratios were equal or greater than 4 both [0/90/±30]s and [0/90/±60]s orientations. Besides, the experimental results showed that the load-displacement curve of specimen with M=0, had the lowest the failure strength. M=2Nm preload moment, had the maximum failure load.


Author(s):  
Xuande Yue ◽  
Luling An ◽  
Zengtao Chen ◽  
Yuebo Cai ◽  
Chufan Wang

The influence of both preload and the presence of shim types on the mechanical properties of composite-aluminium single-bolt, single-lap joints were studied in this paper. The load-displacement curve and surface strain field of joints in different shim types and preloads were obtained through tensile experiments. A progressive damage model was established using the UMAT subroutine in ABAQUS. A hybrid failure criterion and a linear continuous degradation model were used to describe the progressive damage of composite laminates. The results show that for joints with no shim and for those with various types of shims, the tensile stiffness, peak load and initial damage load could be reduced when the preload is insufficient or too large. Compared with joints with no shims or with peelable fibreglass shims, joints with liquid shims required a larger preload to achieve the best mechanical properties. As the proportion of peelable fibreglass shim increased, the tensile stiffness and peak load continued to increase in joints with a mixed shim of liquid and peelable fiberglass shim. Shims can serve as tension bearings, but have little effect on the initiation and development of bearing failure.


Composites ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 475-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.C. Kairouz ◽  
F.L. Matthews

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (10) ◽  
pp. 725-738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-Kang Li ◽  
Zhen-Guo Liu ◽  
YuChen Wei ◽  
Xiang Huang ◽  
Bing Lei

Adhesive bonding is usually used to fabricate composite structures that are hard to manufacture in one piece, however, their lightweight advantage is usually impaired by low failure strength. For high performance composite structures, bonding properties of joints dominate the failure performance and commonly are the primary target of structural optimization. Both experimental and numerical studies of failure behavior of single-lap joints with three-dimensional braided composite laminate adherends are presented in this paper. First, tensile failure tests were performed on braid-laminates single-lap joints bonded with epoxy resin. Compared with the laminates–laminates single-lap joints, the failure load of the braid–laminates single-lap joints increased by 18.4%. Then, the Finite Element Method (FEM) coupled with cohesive zone models (CZM), considering different value of overlap length (L), was used to perform the detail stress distribution of the overlap sections of SLJs. Further, damage initialization and crack growth of single-lap joints are analyzed in detail to fully characterize the failure process, and both experimental and numerical results lead to the same conclusion. Lastly, the effect of three-dimensional braided adherends’ braiding angle on braid-laminates single-lap joints’ performance was investigated, which provides suggestions for the design and optimization for adhesive bonded composite structures.


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