Adin, Hamit2019-06-202019-06-202011-09-02Adin, H. (2011). The effect of angle on the strain of scarf lap joints subjected to tensile loads. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 36 (7), pp. 2858-2867. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2011.09.0790307-904Xhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2011.09.079https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12402/2074In this paper, the mechanical behavior of the scarf lap joints (SLJs) bonded with adhesive (Vinylester Atlac 580) under a tensile load was analyzed. The effects of scarf angle at the interface strain distributions of SLJs were examined. The stress analyses were performed via three dimensional Finite Element Method (3D-FEM). The 3D-FEM code employed was Ansys (12.0). Experimental results were compared with the 3D-FEM results and were found quite reasonable. The results indicated that the maximum values of the normalized epsilon(x) strain values were determined at 0 = 60 degrees in all joints.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United StatesAdhesivesComposite MaterialScarf Lap Joints (SLJs)StrainFinite Element Method (FEM)Article36728582867Q1Q1