Bond shear strength for adhesive bonded double-lap joints

Through-the-width delamination damage propagation characteristics in single-lap laminated FRP composite joints

“…The factors considered for these analyses include adhesive plasticity, adherend stiffness imbalance, nature of loadings and other influencing parameters like spew geometry, thickness of the adherends and the adhesive layer, overlap lengths, etc. With optimized values of those influencing parameters along with valid assumptions, extensive research efforts have been put forward by Tong [9][10][11][12], Adams et al [4][5][6][7], Renton and Vinson [13] and Jena [14] etc. for laminated FRP composite adherends using analytical, experimental and numerical techniques.…”

Comparison of GA and topology optimization of adherend for adhesively bonded metal composite joints

“…The higher strength of the joint could be attributed to the larger bonded region based on the results obtained by Lee [15]. Its higher strength could also be attributed to the increased thickness of the outer adherend based on the findings of Broughton [5] and Tong [25]. The peak S11 values were about 4 times larger than the other stresses, establishing it as the dominating stress.…”

An extended semi-analytical formulation for fast and reliable mode I/II stress analysis of adhesively bonded joints

“…Assuming the presence of an initial crack, judiciously localized and sized by the user, it allows for the computation of strain energy release rate or J-integral parameters at crack tip as a function of applied forces or adhesive stresses (Fraise 1993, Tong 1994, Fernlund 2007, Da Silva 2012. In the coupled stress and energy criterion approach, the crack length at initiation is not assumed but derived from the analysis (Leguillon 2002.…”