25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS2006-4.11S

SIMULATION OF STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOUR OF FIBRE METAL LAMINATE JOINTS

P. Linde, H. de Boer*, J. Pleitner
Airbus, Germany; *Advanced Lightweight Engineering, Netherlands

Keywords: Fibre Metal Laminates, Fastener Model, Joint, Numerical Modelling

Failure models for fibre metal laminate skin and for rivets are presented, followed by an introduction to experimental tests of lap joints. Numerical simulation of the static behaviour of the joints are introduced. Unloading and reloading behaviour is studied, and comparison with the experimental data is performed.

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