Adin, Hamit2019-06-212019-06-212013-10Adin, H. (2013). The investigation of effect of adherend thickness on scarf lap joints. Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik, 44(10), pp.839-840. https://doi.org/10.1002/mawe.2013001230933-51371521-4052https://doi.org/10.1002/mawe.201300123https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12402/2079In this paper, the mechanical behavior of the Scarf Lap Joints (SLJs) bonded with adhesive under a tensile load was analyzed. The effects of adherend thickness at the interface stress-strain distributions of SLJs were examined. The stress-strain analyses were performed by Finite Element Method (3D-FEM). The 3D-FEM code was employed with Ansys (Ver.12.0.1). Experimental results were compared with the 3D-FEM results and were found quite reasonable. It was concluded that both experimental and 3D-FEM failure loads were increased with increased adherend thickness. The results indicated that the maximum failure loads were determined at t=8 mm in all joints. The analysis of the SLJs under tensile load showed that the stress and strain concentrations occurred around the edges of the joints.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United StatesCompositesStressStrainElasticityFinite Element Method (FEM)VerbundwerkstoffeSpannungDehnungElastizitatFinite Elemente Methode (FEM)Article4410839846Q3Q4