PSI - Issue 24

Valerio G. Belardi et al. / Procedia Structural Integrity 24 (2019) 888–897 V.G. Belardi et al. / Structural Integrity Procedia 00 (2019) 000–000

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Fig. 1. Structure of the Composite Bolted Joint Element.

Fig. 2. FE structure of the Composite Bolted Joint Element (CBJE).

and ( iii ) in-plane bending moment. Both the displacement field and the stress resultants are employed to elastically characterize the joint; the obtained values of sti ff ness are then assigned to the beam-shaped elements.