Laboratory specimens used to assess the interfacial fracture toughness of layered materials can be classified as either conventional or unconventional. We call a specimen cut from unidirectional composite laminate an adhesive joint between two identical adherents. Assessing using is common practice guided by international test standards. In contrast, we term unconventional resulting from, for i...

Abstract The perforation resistance of fibre metal laminates (FMLs) made an S-glass reinforced poly-ether-ketone-ketone (GF/PEKK) composite and aluminium alloy (2024-T3) is investigated. Initial attention focused on assessing the effect processing temperature tensile strength alloy. Here, it has shown that cycle results in a reduction approximately 35% both yield A comparison quasi-static dynam...

Externally bonded carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) laminates are a feasible and economical alternative to traditional methods for strengthening and stiffening deficient reinforced concrete and prestressed concrete girders as shown in Fig. (1). Although extensive research has already been undertaken to investigate the behavior of CFRP strengthened bridge girders, the majority of work condu...