Improvement of adhesive toughness measurement

• Main Authors: Meng, Qingshi, Zaman, Izzuddin, R. Hannam, Joshua, Kapota, Shepherd, Luong, Lee, Youssf, Osama, Ma, Jun
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Science Ltd 2011
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery; TA401-492 Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials
• Online Access: http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4577/1/AJ%202017%20%28197%29%20Improvement%20of%20adhesive%20toughness%20measurement.pdf; http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4577/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2011.01.001

The double cantilever beam (DCB) method for adhesive toughness measurement was improved by incorporating a sufficiently sharp crack made by a wedge-tapping method. A known route to producing cracks via loading–unloading cycles was proved unreliable because the cycles produced plastic deformation in t...