A modified DCB specimen to determine mixed mode fracture toughness of adhesives

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 68, Issue 15, 2001, Pages 1647-1668

  Guo, Ya Jun ^a   Jack Weitsman, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesive joints; Beam theory model; Finite element method; Mixed mode fracture toughness

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; CANTILEVER BEAMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; LIGHT; SHEAR DEFORMATION;

FINITE ELEMENT COMPUTATIONS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

ADHESIVE AGENT; BEAM; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 0035929250     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(01)00059-5     Document Type: Article

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