In general the design specifications (AISC-LRFD, BS5950-1 2000, and CSA-S16-01) provided good predictions of the tensile capacity of the single angle specimens with a reasonable degree of conservatism.
In addition, the finite-element model developed predicted the response of the tested specimens with a reasonable degree of accuracy and was used to extend the range of the investigated parameters.
Effective stress range vs. failure life curves developed for the bare and clad specimens were used in conjunction with a linear damage summation to predict the failure lives of double strap specimens subjected to two variable amplitude aircraft load spectra with reasonable accuracy.
The proposed TENF specimen can be used for Mode-II fracture toughness evaluations with reasonable confidence in the linearity of compliance crack-length relationship.
Response comparisons reveal that the implemented models capture, with reasonable accuracy, the experimentally-observed behavior of the test specimens investigated.
It is also shown that the model is able to predict the modal frequencies and the primary resonance response at low acceleration excitation, both with reasonable accuracy given the non-homogeneity and density variation observed in the specimens.
A close agreement between the numerically predicted deflected shapes of the specimen and the experimental results indicated that the stress strain distributions from the numerical elastic plastic model could be applied with reasonable accuracy.
