Effect of a hard coat layer on buckle delamination of thin ITO layers on a compliant elasto-plastic substrate: An experimental-numerical approach

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 877-889

  Van der Sluis, O ^a,b   Abdallah, A A ^b,c   Bouten, P C P ^a   Timmermans, P H M ^a   den Toonder, J M J ^a,b   de With, G ^b  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Buckling; Cohesive zone modeling; Delamination; Finite element analysis; Flexible electronics; Interface adhesion; Thin films

Indexed keywords

ADHESION PROPERTIES; ANALYTICAL MODEL; AROMATIC POLYESTERS; BUCKLE DELAMINATION; COHESIVE ZONE ELEMENT; COHESIVE-ZONE MODELING; DISPLAY APPLICATION; ELASTO-PLASTIC; ELASTOPLASTIC BEHAVIOR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; GAS BARRIER; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYBRID COATING; INDIUM TIN OXIDE LAYERS; INITIATION AND PROPAGATION; INTERFACE ADHESION; INTERFACIAL FAILURES; MULTILAYER STRUCTURES; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; NUMERICAL MODELS; RESPONSE SURFACE MODELS; SCRATCH RESISTANCE; SUBSTRATE MATERIAL; TWO-POINT BENDING;

ADHESION; BUCKLING; DELAMINATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS; GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PLASTIC COATINGS; STEEL SHEET; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; TIN; TIN OXIDES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 79953024568     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2011.01.013     Document Type: Article

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