Volume Title | Structures |
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Volume No | Bonded joints - single- and multi-step lap, guide to design. |
DATA Title | Shear stresses in the adhesives in bonded joints. Single step double lap joints loaded in tension. |
DATA Item | 78042 |
KEYWORD | adhesive, bonded, curve, joint, lap, loading, property, shear, stress, strain, tension |
ISBN | 0 85679 247 0 |
ABSTRACT | ESDU 78042 gives experimentally derived stress-strain curves for three typical adhesives; the curves are modelled by a simple equation that is then used in a computer program based on shear lag analysis to obtain in each case the average shear stress corresponding to a peak shear strain. Graphs of the average shear stress are plotted against a parameter involving the length of overlap and the shear modulus of the adhesive. The curves are valuable in assessing the variation of stresses with various design parameters and a worked example illustrates their use. |