A Special Element Approach for Calculating the Vibratory Response of Adhesively Bonded and Composite Structures

1994 ◽  
Vol 170 (3) ◽  
pp. 377-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.-E. Kim ◽  
J.H. Griffin
Keyword(s):  
Composite Structures ◽  
Adhesively Bonded ◽  
Special Element ◽  
Vibratory Response ◽  
Element Approach

scholarly journals Defects and uncertainties of adhesively bonded composite joints

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sadik Omairey ◽  
Nithin Jayasree ◽  
Mihalis Kazilas
Keyword(s):  
Composite Materials ◽  
Composite Structures ◽  
Production Efficiency ◽  
Adhesive Bonding ◽  
Detection Methods ◽  
Bonded Joints ◽  
Adhesively Bonded ◽  
Adhesively Bonded Joints ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Bonded Composite

AbstractThe increasing use of fibre reinforced polymer composite materials in a wide range of applications increases the use of similar and dissimilar joints. Traditional joining methods such as welding, mechanical fastening and riveting are challenging in composites due to their material properties, heterogeneous nature, and layup configuration. Adhesive bonding allows flexibility in materials selection and offers improved production efficiency from product design and manufacture to final assembly, enabling cost reduction. However, the performance of adhesively bonded composite structures cannot be fully verified by inspection and testing due to the unforeseen nature of defects and manufacturing uncertainties presented in this joining method. These uncertainties can manifest as kissing bonds, porosity and voids in the adhesive. As a result, the use of adhesively bonded joints is often constrained by conservative certification requirements, limiting the potential of composite materials in weight reduction, cost-saving, and performance. There is a need to identify these uncertainties and understand their effect when designing these adhesively bonded joints. This article aims to report and categorise these uncertainties, offering the reader a reliable and inclusive source to conduct further research, such as the development of probabilistic reliability-based design optimisation, sensitivity analysis, defect detection methods and process development.

An experimental–numerical investigation of hydrothermal response in adhesively bonded composite structures

2015 ◽  
Vol 73 ◽  
pp. 176-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roohollah Sarfaraz ◽  
Luis P. Canal ◽  
Georgios Violakis ◽  
John Botsis ◽  
Véronique Michaud ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Investigation ◽  
Composite Structures ◽  
Adhesively Bonded ◽  
Bonded Composite

A Strain Sensing Structural Health Monitoring System for Delaminated Composite Structures

2012 ◽  
Vol 249-250 ◽  
pp. 849-855 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Alaimo ◽  
Alberto Milazzo ◽  
Calogero Orlando
Keyword(s):  
Structural Health Monitoring ◽  
Fiber Optics ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Composite Structures ◽  
Piezoelectric Sensors ◽  
Strain Sensing ◽  
Health Monitoring System ◽  
Structural Health ◽  
Monitoring Model ◽  
Element Approach

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) for composite materials is becoming a primary task due to their extended use in safety critical applications. Different methods, based on the use of piezoelectric transducers as well as of fiber optics, has been successfully proposed to detect and monitor damage in composite structural components with particular attention focused on delamination cracks.In the present paper a Structural Health Monitoring model, based on the use of piezoelectric sensors, already proposed by the authors for isotropic damaged components, is extended to delaminated composite structures. The dynamic behavior of the host damaged structure and the bonded piezoelectric sensors is modeled by means of a boundary element approach based on the Dual Reciprocity BEM. The sensitivity of the piezoelectric sensors has been studied by varying the delamination length characterizing the skin/stiffener debonding phenomenon of composite structures undergoing dynamic loads.

scholarly journals Nondestructive Analysis of Debonds in a Composite Structure under Variable Temperature Conditions

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (16) ◽  
pp. 3454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shirsendu Sikdar ◽  
Abhishek Kundu ◽  
Michał Jurek ◽  
Wiesław Ostachowicz
Keyword(s):  
Wave Propagation ◽  
Ambient Temperature ◽  
Composite Structure ◽  
Composite Structures ◽  
Variable Temperature ◽  
Guided Wave ◽  
Monitoring Strategy ◽  
Nondestructive Analysis ◽  
Adhesively Bonded ◽  
Temperature Conditions

This paper presents a nondestructive analysis of debonds in an adhesively-bonded carbon-fibre reinforced composite structure under variable temperature conditions. Towards this, ultrasonic guided wave propagation based experimental analysis and numerical simulations are carried out for a sample composite structure to investigate the wave propagation characteristics and detect debonds under variable operating temperature conditions. The analysis revealed that the presence of debonds in the structure significantly reduces the wave mode amplitudes, and this effect further increases with the increase in ambient temperature and debond size. Based on the debond induced differential amplitude phenomenon, an online monitoring strategy is proposed that directly uses the guided wave signals from the distributed piezoelectric sensor network to localize the hidden debonds in the structure. Debond index maps generated from the proposed monitoring strategy show the debond identification potential in the adhesively-bonded composite structure. The accuracy of the monitoring strategy is successfully verified with non-contact active infrared-thermography analysis results. The effectiveness of the proposed monitoring strategy is further investigated for the variable debond size and ambient temperature conditions. The study establishes the potential for using the proposed damage index constructed from the differential guided wave signal features as a basis for localization and characterization of debond damages in operational composite structures.

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