Fracture analysis of layered beams with elastic couplings and hygrothermal stresses: application to metal-to-composite adhesive joints
Abstract
The present thesis deals with the issue of fracture analysis of generally layered beam-like structures with elastic couplings and hygrothermal stresses. In particular, it develops (i.e., formulates, validates, and implements) an analytical framework for the calculation of the fracture toughness of such non-conventional beams. In parallel, it investigates the fracture behavior of a metal-to-composite adhesive joint of interest to the aerospace industry. The general problem concerns a beam structure that may feature several “peculiarities”: it may consist of multiple layers of dissimilar materials; it may have asymmetries in terms of layer thicknesses; it may feature elastic couplings (in particular, bending-extension coupling [BEC]); it may be loaded by arbitrary mechanical loads (i.e., concentrated forces and bending moments); and it may contain residual hygrothermal stresses (RHTS). To tackle this problem, we build a generic analytical model that determines the fracture toughness (i.e ...
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