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Fatigue of Adhesively-Bonded GFRP Structural Joints

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The methods and techniques described in Chap. 4 can also be applied for analysis of the fatigue data and modeling of the fatigue behavior of structural elements, such as the adhesively-bonded double-lap joints examined in this chapter. The results of an extensive experimental program concerning double-lap structural joints composed of pultruded GFRP laminates and epoxy adhesive are presented in this chapter. Experiments were performed under ambient temperature and extreme environmental conditions, with temperatures ranging from −35°C to 40°C and with 90% relative humidity. The fatigue life of the examined joints was modeled by applying S-N curve formulations and also by following the stiffness degradation modeling concept described in Chap. 4. Moreover, the previously presented genetic programming tool was used for modeling the fatigue behavior and prediction of fatigue life under different environmental conditions.

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Vassilopoulos, A.P., Keller, T. (2011). Fatigue of Adhesively-Bonded GFRP Structural Joints. In: Fatigue of Fiber-reinforced Composites. Engineering Materials and Processes. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84996-181-3_5

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