An experimental investigation into pin loading effects on fatigue crack growth in Fibre Metal Laminates
Zhinan Zhang (The First Aircraft Design and Research Institute of AVIC, TU Delft - Structural Integrity & Composites)
W. Wang (TU Delft - Structural Integrity & Composites)
Calvin D. Rans (TU Delft - Structural Integrity & Composites)
Rinze Benedictus (TU Delft - Aerospace Structures & Materials)
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Abstract
This paper provides an experimental investigation into the pin loading effects on the crack growth behaviour in Fibre Metal Laminates. The pin loading effects and bypass loading effects are incorporated in two different tested joints. The analysis of the test results shows that pin loading dominates the crack growth only in the vicinity of the pin hole and the superposition method for analysing stress intensity factor in FMLs with pin loading effects can be applied.
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