A detailed understanding of the interlaminar fracture, intralaminar fracture, and translaminar
fracture progression of GFRP was studied using a complex Arcan fixture. A loading angle of …

An experimental and numerical investigation on adhesive joints subjected to three different
loading conditions (pure shear, combined shear-tensile load and pure tensile) has been …

The evolution of the mixed mode I+ II fracture envelope of a structural epoxy adhesive was
investigated here, under three different temperatures:-15, 23 and 45° C. The study was …

In this work, two test setups in proximity to the familiar Double Cantilever Beam and Tapered
Double Cantilever Beam tests are proposed which allow for determining the critical mode III …

An experimental investigation on adhesively bonded joints has been carried out by using an
adhesive used in automotive applications. The main goal of this work is to characterize the …

Preface is dissertation is the result of my work as a doctoral student at the Institute of
Structural Mechanics at Technische Universität Darmstadt. On this occasion I would like to …

Adhesive joints are being increasingly used as a good solution to assemble primary
structures of metallic and composite materials. Hence, the analysis of the behaviour of …

This work presents a novel methodology to investigate fracture behaviour in mixed-mode I+
III experimentally and applies it to elastic-plastic structural adhesive joints. J-integral is …

In this paper, the fracture properties of a structural adhesive are investigated via the Tapered
Double Cantilever Beam (TDCB) and the Mixed Mode Bending (MMB) tests. The …

A novel fracture mechanical test for adhesive joints subjected to pure mode III loading is
presented. The experiment uses a modified double cantilever beam specimen, which is …