Strength prediction of composite single lap joints using the radial point interpolation method

This work applies a meshless method, the Natural Neighbours Radial Point Interpolation Method (NNRPIM), to a multi material structure composed of an anisotropic material, the composite substrates, and an isotropic material, the adhesive bonding the substrates. The strength predictions in this work were made using a recent continuum mechanics based criterion, the Critical Longitudinal Strain (CLS) criterion. The validity of the NNRPIM in this...