The present paper discusses the results of an investigation into the effects of test rate and the mode of loading on the fracture energy, Gc, of adhesively-bonded fibre-composite joints. Various carbon-fibre reinforced-polymer (CFRP) matrix composite substrates have been bonded using two different types of automotive structural epoxy-adhesives. They have been tested via loading the bonded joint...

In this study, analytical models considering different material and geometry for ‎both single and double-lap bolted joints were reviewed for better understand how to ‎select the proper model for a particular application. The survey indicades that the ‎analytic models selected for the adhesively single or double bolted lap joints, as well ‎as T, scarf, and stepped joints, with linear material pr...

Abstract Polymers in general, and adhesives particular, can exhibit nonlinear viscoelastic–viscoplastic response. Prior work has shown that this complex behavior be described using analytical models, which provided good agreement with measured creep recovery Under cyclic loading, however, some a temporal response different from what would expected their behavior. Ratcheting describes the accumu...