PSI - Issue 37

Gonzalo Moltini et al. / Procedia Structural Integrity 37 (2022) 417–424 Auth r name / Structur l Integrity Procedia 00 (2019) 000 – 0 0

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Figure 6: Maximum deflection of the TTP

The results show that as the height of the connector ( h c ) increases, the maximum deflection decreases, mainly for higher widths of the connectors ( b 1 ). For the connectors of 40 mm of height TTP deflection was barely influenced by connector width; however, for higher connectors ( ℎ ≥ 60 ), TTP deflection decreased up to 41% as width increases. In a similar way, as the width of the connector ( 1 ) increases and the dove-tail angle increase, the maximum deflection decreases. However, as the as the dove-tail angle decreases, the deflection also decreases. This can be explained by the fact that decreasing the dovetail angle results in a higher contact area between the connectors and the layers. With the aim to provide an easier understanding of the results, 3D diagrams of the variation of the TTPs deflection, depending on the height, width and dove-tail angle were made (Fig. 7).