PREDICTING THE FATIGUE LIFE OF ADHESIVELY-BONDED JOINTS

Authors
KINLOCH AJ OSIYEMI SO
Citation
Aj. Kinloch et So. Osiyemi, PREDICTING THE FATIGUE LIFE OF ADHESIVELY-BONDED JOINTS, The Journal of adhesion, 43(1-2), 1993, pp. 79-90
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Chemical","Material Science
Journal title
The Journal of adhesion → ACNP
ISSN journal
00218464
Volume
43
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
79 - 90
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8464(1993)43:1-2<79:PTFLOA>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
The fatigue behaviour of adhesively-bonded joints, which consisted of an epoxy-film adhesive bonding fibre-composite substrates, has been st udied. Using a double-cantilever beam specimen, the rate of crack grow th per cycle has been measured as a function of the maximum strain-ene rgy release rate, G(max). These data have then been modelled, and used to predict the fatigue lifetime of bonded single-lap joints. The agre ement between the theoretical predictions and experimental results for the fatigue behaviour of the single-lap joints was found to be excell ent.