The calculation of adhesive fracture energies in mode I: Revisiting the tapered double cantilever beam (TDCB) test

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 233-248

  Blackman, B R K ^a   Hadavinia, H ^a   Kinloch, A J ^a   Paraschi, M ^a   Williams, J G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adhesive joints; Cohesive zone; Corrected beam theory; Fracture mechanics; Root rotation; Simple beam theory; Tapered double cantilever beam

Indexed keywords

CANTILEVER BEAMS; DATA REDUCTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; ROTATION; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SUBSTRATES;

BEAM THEORY;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

BEAM; CANTILEVERED STRUCTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0037219588     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(02)00031-0     Document Type: Article

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