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. 4. Model of the single-lap, single-bolt composite bolted joint: (a) conventional 3D FE Model; (b) FE Model featuring the Composite Bolted Joint Element.

Table 2. Node and element numbers of 3D FE Model and FE model featuring the CBJE. 3D FE Model CBJE FE Model ∆ [%] Nodes 47,137 1,547 − 96 . 72 Elements 38,912 1,488 − 96 . 18