Suranaree J
Technol
14(4):331-345Fatigue and Fracture Research Group, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering,University of Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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my* Corresponding authorSIMULATION AND EXPERIMENTAL WORK OF SINGLE LAPBOLTED JOINT TESTED IN BENDINGAidy Ali*, Ting Wei Yao, Nuraini Abdul Aziz, Muhammad Yunin Hassan andBarkawi SahariReceived: Jun 13, 2007; Revised: Nov 29, 2007; Accepted: Nov 30, 2007AbstractThis paper presents the simulation and experiment work on the prediction of stress analysis in asingle lap bolted joint under bending loads
A three-dimensional finite element model of a boltedjoint has been developed using MSC Patran and MSC Nastran FEM commercial package
In thesimulation, different methods in mod