Bending moment calculation for single lap joints with composite laminate adherends including bending-extensional coupling

This work deals with the analytical determination of section forces and moments in adhesively bonded single lap joints with composite laminate adherends including bending-extensional coupling. The analysis is also valid for unbalanced joints and the adhesive thickness is taken into account in the model. Several types of boundary conditions can be applied, e.g. simply supported ends, fixed ends, bonded doubler and single strap joints. Various configurations are studied and the results are compared to finite element analyses and other analytical approaches. Good agreement is achieved over a wide range of configurations. A closed form analytical solution is given for the section forces and moments at the overlap ends.