In this paper, influence of riveting process parameters, namely, riveting force, sheet thickness, friction coefficient and clearance fit are investigated on residual stress field and fatigue life of single riveted lap joint of AA2024 type. According to the effect of riveting induced residual stresses on fatigue life of riveted lap joint, these parameters are optimized to maximize the residual s...

In 2009 the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) introduced a slow growth approach for certifying composite and adhesively-bonded structures. This approach requires that delamination or disbond is slow, stable and predictable under cyclic-fatigue loads. The present paper addresses the challenge of developing a methodology capable of enabling this approach to certification to be implemented....

Fatigue life and backface strain predictions in adhesively bonded joints. A. Graner Solana, A.D. Crocombe* and I.A. Ashcroft a Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences (J5), University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, UK. b Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, UK * Corresponding author. Tel: +44 1483 689194 Fax: +...

In this research, the effects of torque tightening on the stress distribution in double lap simple bolted and hybrid (bolted-bonded) joints have been investigated numerically. In order to determine the bolt clamping force value due to tightening torque in simple bolted and hybrid joints, which is necessary in numerical simulation, an experimental approach has been proposed. To do so, two kinds ...

Two hot melt pressure sensitive adhesives have been submitted to bonded joint creep tests. An amorphous and a semicrystalline considered for their different microstructures leading mechanical behaviors. The are referred as soft since glass transition temperatures stand well below the of applications, resulting in low stiffnesses. structural joints has characterized with single-lap types adheren...