The effects of mode mixity on microscopic damage and failure process in adhesively bonded
carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) joints were studied by in situ observation. Optical …

Abstract Cohesive Zone Models (CZM) are widely used for modeling bonded joints. The
main difficulty concerning the use of CZM is the obtention of the interface cohesive law. To …

A first order correction is proposed taking into account both interface elasticity and
transverse anticlastic curvature of flexible substrate (s) in the DCB (and related tests) …

A driven wedge test is used to characterize the mode I fracture resistance of adhesively
bonded composite beam specimens over a range of crosshead rates up to 1 m/s. The …

Wedge tests are usually analysed assuming that the free, unbonded members may be
treated as encastré cantilever beams. However, if the adhesive layer is sufficiently flexible …

The wedge test and the related double cantilever beam test are practical methods of
assessing structural adhesive fracture energy. In the former, and to a lesser extent the latter …

This paper focuses on the analysis of viscoelastic bonding strength of carbon/epoxy
laminates with different surface treatments. Bonding is a well known technique, and is widely …

Standard tests of adhesively bonded specimens are likely to produce heterogeneous stress
distribution along the crack front and its vicinity. High separation rate mode I dominated …

A strain gauge technique recently developed with the wedge test, for estimating crack length
and, thus, the fracture energy of structural adhesive bonding, has been employed on a …

Double cantilever beam and associated tests are much used to characterise structurally
bonded systems. Use of these, usually, implicitly assumes that the bulk adherends remain …