STRESS ANALYSIS OF CRACKED, ADHESIVELY BONDED LAMINATED STRUCTURE

Cracked, adhesively bunded laminated structure is analysed by elastic-plastic finite element. 2-D isoparametric element is used to determine stress in crack and adhesively bunded plate, the stress intensity factors obtained are compared with experimental results. Modified shear element is presented and used to analyse shear strain and stress in adhesive. From analysis, the stress in crack plate tends to be uniform when it is adhesively bunded.