Design and Analysis of Functionally Graded Adhesively Bonded Joints of FRP Composites

This book provides up-to-date information relevant to analysis and design of adhesively bonded joints made up Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP) composites using Functionally Graded Adhesive (FGA). Damage behaviors in adhesively bonded joints of laminated FRP composites have been addressed and joint configurations have been modelled using special finite elements and multi-point constraint elements to simulate the contact behavior. Detailed 3D finite element analyses have been presented for different adhesively bonded joints structures along with guidelines for effective design philosophy of adhesively bonded joints in laminated FRP structures using FGA. Features: Provides a through and systematic discussion on the functionally graded adhesive and its joints. Discusses analytical modelling and numerical analyses of the joints. Details 3D stress and failure delamination analysis for composite analyses of functionally graded out-of-plane joints under various combinations of loading. Illustrates FE Modeling andsimulation of interfacial failure and damage propagation in out-of-plane joints. Includes effect of various gradation function profiles on damage growth driving forces (SERR). This book is aimed at Researchers, Professionals and Graduate students in Composites, Infrastructure Engineering, Bonding Technology, and Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering--