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PLASTICS RUBBER AND COMPOSITES
Volume 48, Issue 2, Pages 48-56Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/14658011.2018.1541670
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XFEM; natural fibre; hybrid joints; SLJs; mechanical testing
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- Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM)
- Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia
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The present paper aims to predict the bearing stress at failures of woven fabric kenaf fibre reinforced polymer with single-lap hybrid joints under quasi-static testing. Testing series investigated includes a variation of joint types, normalised W/d, lay-up types, plate thickness and bolt loads. Initially, cohesive failures appeared within adhesive layer, followed by net-tension failure mode in all testing series investigated associated with stress concentration. Strength prediction was carried out subsequently by implementing XFEM framework with an embedded traction-separation relationship within ABAQUS CAE. The experimental datasets and XFEM results were evaluated where good agreements were found in the combination of cross ply and thicker coupon with a discrepancy of less than 5%.
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