Stress-strain analysis of a taper-taper adhesive-bonded joint under cylindrical bending

First-order laminated plate theory was used to derive a model of a taper-taper adhesive-bonded joint under cylindrical bending. Transverse shear deformation was accounted for by the use of shear correction factors. The COSMOS/M commercial finite element package was used to develop a finite element model to verify the analytical model for a cross-ply laminate. The analytical model results agreed well with the finite element models.