An experimental study on the mechanical behaviour of bonded and hybrid bonded-bolted composite joints using digital image correlation (DIC) technique

Most studies usually use load-displacement curve or post-failure analysis to understand the mechanical behaviour of hybrid bonded-bolted (HBB) joints. While load sharing in HBB joints is the crucial design parameter and it is important to capture strain field changes or failures under real-time loading conditions. Therefore, two-dimensional digital image correlation (2D-DIC) technique is applied to experimentally investigate the behaviour of...