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Design of Prestressed Skin-Flange Assembly

Karel Matous

Department of Mechanical Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th Street, Troy, NY 12180

George J. Dvorak

Department of Mechanical Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th Street, Troy, NY 12180, dvorak{at}rpi.edu

A prestressing procedure for reduction of adhesive peel and shear stresses at the leading edge of a skin-flange assembly is analyzed for tensile and bending loads applied to the skin. Both an analytical solution based on the Green’s functions and a finite element solution are presented for specific examples, together with design diagrams. Substantial shear and peel stress reductions are obtained with the proposed procedure.

Key Words: skin-flange assembly • adhesive bonding • prestress procedure • design diagram

Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials, Vol. 4, No. 4, 367-387 (2002)
DOI: 10.1106/109963602024583
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