The development of new adhesives has allowed to expand the application of bonding into
the most diverse industrial fields. This review article presents the commonly used …

Interlaminar fracture toughness had been the subject of great interest for several years and
is still interesting to the research community. In this article, a comprehensive analysis of …

This paper reports results from the mode II testing of adhesively-bonded carbon-fibre-
reinforced composite substrates using the end-loaded split (ELS) method. Two toughened …

High performance structures require the use of different materials to meet their demanding
requirements. Especially fibre reinforced polymer composites are nowadays often bonded to …

Mode II fracture toughness of interfaces in laminated structures is usually assessed through
standardized tests. Standards are based on samples featuring regular shapes and uniform …

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 reports a numerical study of the end notched flexure Pinus pinaster wood
specimen. The main objective was to validate a data reduction method based on the …

The mechanical properties of crash-optimized adhesive BETAMATE 1496V are
characterized over a wide range of strain rates. The information gathered from the …

The aim of this work was to characterize the interlaminar fracture toughness of poplar
laminate veneer lumbers (LVL) under mode II loading. To this end, the Four-point End …

Accurate determination of the fracture toughness and the bridging law in a simple way is
meaningful for the composite structural design. This study proposes a semi-analytical …