Publication Date:
2018-07-20
Description:
This paper analyses the Mode II fatigue delamination growth onset for secondary bonded joints compared to co-cured joints. The materials used were composed by two carbon fiber reinforced sub-laminates joined by the secondary bonded and co-cured (without adhesive) methods. Mode II fatigue tests were performed using three-point bending End Notched Flexure test setup. The tests were performed under displacement control and a sinusoidal displacement applied at a frequency of 5 Hz with a R d = 0.1, that mean, δ min = 0.1 δ max . The main objective of this study was to obtain the strain energy release rate ( SEER ) versus number of cycles (N f ) in order to evaluate the effect of the adhesive on fatigue life of bonded joints. A Closed form solution for 3-ENF setup was used in order to define the displacement amplitudes that were applied in the fatigue test. The results show that the use of adhesive causes a reduction on Mode II fatigue...
Print ISSN:
1757-8981
Electronic ISSN:
1757-899X
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
