Determination of the mode I adhesive fracture energy, GIC, of structural adhesives using the double cantilever beam (DCB) and tapered double cantilever beam (TDCB) specimens

2015 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 1459-1462
Author(s):  
Y.C. Kim ◽  
S.S. Kim ◽  
J.U. Cho

Abstract It is indispensable to evaluate fracture energy as the bonding strength of adhesive at composite material with aluminum foam. This specimen is designed with tapered double cantilever beam by British standards (BS 7991 and ISO 11343). 4 kinds of specimens due to m values of 2, 2.5, 3 and 3.5 are manufactured and compared each other with the experimental results. Adhesive fracture energy is calculated from the formulae of British standards. The value of m is the gradient which is denoted as the length and the height of specimen. As m becomes greater at static experimental result, the maximum load becomes higher and the displacement becomes lower. And the critical fracture energy becomes higher. As m becomes less at fatigue experimental result, the displacement becomes higher and the critical fracture energy becomes higher. Fracture behavior of adhesive can be analyzed by this study and these experimental results can be applied into real field effectively. The stability on TDCB structure bonded with aluminum foam composite can be predicted by use of this experimental result. Adhesive fracture energy is calculated from the formulae of British standards. Based on correlations obtained in this study, the fracture behavior of bonded material would possibly be analyzed and aluminum foam material bonded with adhesive would be applied to a composite structure in various fields, thereby analyzing the mechanical and fracture characteristic of the material.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Wu Xu ◽  
J.C Ding ◽  
Jingran Ge ◽  
Qi Zhang

Abstract Due to the low in-plane strength of C/SiC ceramic matrix composite (CMC), arm failure may occur in the classical double cantilever beam (DCB) test for determination of the mode I interlaminar fracture toughness. A taped DCB (TDCB) is proposed to avoid this undesired failure mode. Exact and explicit J integral for the TDCB is derived and applied to measure the interlaminar fracture toughness of CMC. The present TDCB and J integral are demonstrated to be simple and reliable for determining the interlaminar fracture toughness, without visual measurement of the delamination length and complex data reduction.


2003 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
B.R.K Blackman ◽  
H Hadavinia ◽  
A.J Kinloch ◽  
M Paraschi ◽  
J.G Williams

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