The effect of mode ratio and bond interface on the fatigue behavior of a highly-toughened epoxy

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 395-414

  Azari, S ^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

Crack growth; Fatigue threshold; Mixed mode; Substrate material; Toughened epoxy

Indexed keywords

ADHERENDS; ADHESIVE SYSTEMS; ALUMINUM SUBSTRATE; APPLIED STRAIN; BOND INTERFACE; CRACK GROWTH; CRACK PATHS; CRACK SPEED; CYCLIC CRACK GROWTH; EPOXY ADHESIVES; FATIGUE BEHAVIOR; FATIGUE CRACK PATHS; FATIGUE PROPERTIES; FATIGUE THRESHOLD; HIGHLY STRAINED; MIXED MODE; MIXED-MODE CRACKS; MIXED-MODE LOADING; MODE II; MODE RATIO; PHASE ANGLES; QUASI-STATIC; SUBSTRATE MATERIAL; SURFACE PREPARATION; THRESHOLD REGIONS;

ADHESIVE JOINTS; ALUMINUM; CRACK PROPAGATION; ENERGY RELEASE RATE; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE; MARTENSITIC STAINLESS STEEL; PHASE INTERFACES; STRAIN ENERGY; STRAIN RATE; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE TREATMENT; WELDS;

CRACKS;

EID: 74149088353     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2009.09.011     Document Type: Article

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