Dara Fazel - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Mohammad Hassan Kadivar - School of Mechanical Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
Hassan Zohoor - Mechanical Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Mohammad Rahim Hematiyan - School of Mechanical Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

In this paper, we have used numerical simulation to study failure of adhesive joints in composite plates. To determine the failure load, adhesive joints are subjected to different types of loading and gradual failure of the joint is studied using the finite element method. The composite material failure theory is implemented into the FEM software. Also different geometries for the joint edge are considered and effect of these geometries and fillet chamfer angle on the failure load are investigated.

Composite, Adhesive joint, Failure, Tsai-Wu criterion, Chamfer angle