The cohesive element (CE) has been widely used to model delamination in laminated
composites. The penalty stiffness, interfacial strength and fracture toughness are three CE …

The size of wind turbine blades is increasing rapidly, and they are being installed in remote
offshore locations. Consequently, it is essential to focus on improving the design and …

The influence of adhesive parameters on the outcome of cohesive zone finite element
simulations is reported. The simulations are of adhesively bonded joint configurations that …

The quasi-static Mode I fracture behaviour of joints bonded with either a brittle or toughened
epoxy adhesive or a ductile polyurethane adhesive has been investigated by means of …

The effects of adhesive thickness, adhesive type and scarf angle, which are determined as
the main control parameters by the dimensional analysis, on the mechanical properties of a …

Here we review how the interactions of graphene and other 2D materials with their growth
and any target substrates have been characterized. Quantifying such interactions is …

In this study, the crack lengths in adhesively bonded double cantilever beam (DCB) test
specimens have been determined using the digital image correlation technique in …

This paper presents a thorough analysis of potential-based and non-potential-based
cohesive zone models (CZMs) under conditions of mixed-mode separation and mixed-mode …

Mixed mode testing of adhesive layer is performed with the Mixed mode double Cantilever
Beam specimen. During the experiments, the specimens are loaded by transversal and/or …

The wet-transfer of graphene grown by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) has been the
standard procedure for transferring graphene to any substrate. However, the nature of the …