The influence of adhesive constitutive parameters in cohesive zone finite element models of adhesively bonded joints

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2201-2215

  Gustafson, Peter A ^a   Waas, Anthony M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesive bond; Composite; Computer experiments; Double cantilever beam; End notch flexure; Fracture; Kriging analysis; Latin hypercube sampling; Parameter interaction; Sensitivity; Single lap joint; Strength; Toughness

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE JOINTS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BOND (MASONRY); CANTILEVER BEAMS; EXPERIMENTS; NANOCANTILEVERS; PILE FOUNDATIONS; TRACTION (FRICTION);

ADHESIVE BOND; COMPOSITE; COMPUTER EXPERIMENTS; DOUBLE CANTILEVER BEAM; END NOTCH FLEXURE; KRIGING ANALYSIS; LATIN HYPERCUBE SAMPLING; PARAMETER INTERACTION; SENSITIVITY; SINGLE LAP JOINT; STRENGTH;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 62649090593     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2008.11.016     Document Type: Article

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