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Steel and Composite Structures
  Volume 16, Number 2, February 2014 , pages 203-220
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/scs.2014.16.2.203
 


Numerical analysis of interface crack problem in composite plates jointed with composite patch
Fatih Cetisli and Mete O. Kaman

 
Abstract
    Stress intensity factors are numerically investigated for interfacial edge crack between two dissimilar composite plates jointed with single side composite patch. Variation of stress intensity factor under Mode I loading condition is examined for different material models and fiber orientation angles of composite plates and patch. ANSYS 12.1 finite element analysis software is used to obtain displacements of crack surfaces in the numerical solution and repaired plates are modeled in three dimensions. Obtained results are presented in the form of graphs. It is found that fiber orientation angle of composites is an effective parameter on interfacial stress intensity factor.
 
Key Words
    interface crack; composite patch; stress intensity factor; finite element method
 
Address
(1) Fatih Cetisli:
Department of Civil Engineering, Pamukkale University, Denizli 20070, Republic of Turkey;
(2) Mete O. Kaman:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Firat University, Elazig 23119, Republic of Turkey.
 

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