An experimental investigation into pin loading effects on fatigue crack growth in Fibre Metal Laminates

Zhinan Zhang, Wandong Wang, Calvin Rans, Rinze Benedictus

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Abstract

This paper provides an experimental investigation into the pin loading effects on the crack growth behaviour in Fibre Metal Laminates. The pin loading effects and bypass loading effects are incorporated in two different tested joints. The analysis of the test results shows that pin loading dominates the crack growth only in the vicinity of the pin hole and the superposition method for analysing stress intensity factor in FMLs with pin loading effects can be applied.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3361-3368
JournalProcedia Structural Integrity
Volume2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016

Keywords

  • fibre metal laminates
  • pin loading effects
  • Fatigue Crack Growth
  • superposition method

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