THE IMPORTANCE OF THE TEMPERATURE AND LATERAL PRESSURE ON THE CFRP JOINTS STRENGTH UNDER UNIAXIAL LOADING

The purpose of the present paper is to provide the assessment and eval uation results of the temperature and lateral pressure influence on th e CFRP pin loaded joints strength while they are subjected to tension. The subject study is composed of the following two main parts: 1. the Experimental Results, which are obtained through the application of f our (4) different lateral pressure conditions (none, low, medium, and high), and range of temperatures (room, +60 degrees C, +80 degrees C, -55 degrees C, -100 degrees C, and -150 degrees C) 2. the Theoretical Results, which are obtained through the use of 2D finite element analy sis In addition, the study provides an in depth description of the emp loyed test methodology and a comparison of the numerical and experimen tal final results.