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An evaluation of the performance of advanced melded composite joints

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posted on 2010-08-01, 00:00 authored by B Adamson, Bronwyn Fox
Melding is an efficient three step composite joining process that involves the selective cure of composite adherends before the final adhesive joint is created using the adherends own resin system. Melding does not require many of the processes and compromises associated with conventional techniques like adhesive bonding and mechanical fastening.

The Taguchi design of experiments technique was used to optimise three melded joint factors for a unidirectional epoxy prepreg material. The performance of the joint was evaluated using tensile and flexural strength as well as flexural modulus. It was found that not having a step for every ply in the joint was the most influential factor affecting joint performance. This was due to the differing failure modes induced by this factors various levels, which varied the amount of fibre breakage at failure.

History

Journal

Composite structures

Volume

92

Issue

9

Pagination

2071 - 2076

Publisher

Elsevier Ltd

Location

Oxford, England

ISSN

0263-8223

eISSN

1879-1085

Language

eng

Notes

Available online 20 October 2009.

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2009, Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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