Fracture R-curve characterization of toughened epoxy adhesives

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 521-534

  Ameli, A ^a   Papini, M ^b   Schroeder, J A ^c   Spelt, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesive; Crack; Epoxy; Fracture; R curve; Toughened

Indexed keywords

BILINEAR MODELS; BONDLINE THICKNESS; DAMAGE ZONES; EPOXY ADHESIVES; FRACTURE RESISTANCE; LOADING MODES; MODE RATIO; MODEL PARAMETERS; OVERLAP LENGTH; R-CURVE BEHAVIOR; R-CURVES; RUBBER-TOUGHENED; STEADY-STATE CRACK PROPAGATION; ULTIMATE STRENGTH;

ADHESIVE JOINTS; ADHESIVES; CRACK INITIATION; FRACTURE; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

CRACKS;

EID: 74149083264     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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