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Damage onset in CFRP single lap joint for DD and QUAD laminates

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The most usual layup in composite design, namely QUAD, has the plies oriented at 0°, 90° and ±45°. Alternatively, double-double (DD) laminates were recently proposed, where plies are oriented at ±Φ and ±Ψ, allowing optimized application and improving structural response, since Φ and Ψ continuous variables ranging between 0° and 90°. The present research is the first effort to compare the response of QUAD and DD laminates in single lap joints. A finite element model is developed using the software Ansys. The damage onset is evaluated considering the Drucker-Prager criterion for the adhesive and Tsai-Wu criterion for the laminate. A QUAD laminate is selected and DD layups are evaluated considering the stiffness equivalence. The results indicate that all DD layups improve the joint damage onset, obtaining forces up to 25 % higher than for the equivalent QUAD and smother transition of the stress invariants.

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    Glosdemberger Cardoso Alves, Lucas Lisbôa Vignoli & Ranulfo Martins Carneiro Neto

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Lucas L. Vignoli received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2014 from Federal Center of Technological Education in Rio de Janeiro, M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and Ph.D. from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He is Full Professor at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and Head of the Center for Technology and Applications of Composite Materials.

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Alves, G.C., Vignoli, L.L. & Neto, R.M.C. Damage onset in CFRP single lap joint for DD and QUAD laminates. J Mech Sci Technol 38, 157–162 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-023-1213-z

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