Effect of Metallic Inserts on the Strength of Pin Joints Prepared from Glass Fiber Reinforced Composites
Keywords:
Glass fiber, Pin joints, Metal inserts, Progressive damage analysis, Hashin failure criteria
Abstract
The present study deals with the failure analysis of pin joints by varying different geometric parameters i.e., edge distance to hole diameter (E/D) ratio and width to hole diameter (W/D) ratio. Pin joints were prepared from the glass fiber reinforced laminates incorporating the metal inserts. A range of 2 to 5 and 3 to 6 was considered for E/D and W/D ratios, respectively. The stress around the hole was redistributed by incorporating the metal inserts in the hole to increase the load carrying capacity. To predict the failure loads and failure modes numerically, progressive damage analysis along with Hashin failure criteria was used in the pin joints. Strength of the pin joints increased in the range of 65 per cent to 92 per cent with metal insert due to the redistribution of the stresses around the hole. Progressive damage analysis gave a good correlation with experimental findings. Thereafter, the strength of the joint was predicted by varying the thickness of the metal inserts.
Published
2017-09-19
How to Cite
Singh, K., Saini, J., & Bhunia, H. (2017). Effect of Metallic Inserts on the Strength of Pin Joints Prepared from Glass Fiber Reinforced Composites. Defence Science Journal, 67(5), 592-600. https://doi.org/10.14429/dsj.67.11041
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Section
Materials Science & Metallurgy
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