Elastic-plastic finite element method analysis and application of the island blister test

A bending-to-stretching analysis of the blister test in the presence of tensile residual stress

“…Large amounts of plastic deformation may result and dominate the behavior during the test. Some researchers have worked on the elastic-to-plastic deformation in blister tests (Thouless, 1994;Margaritis et al, 1994;. This topic is beyond the scope of this paper, so we will not discuss about it in this paper.…”

Measurements of Interface Fracture Strength between Fiber-Reinforced Composite Laminates and Thin Surface Films Using the Blister Test

“…Jensen [6], Thouless and Jensen [7] and Wan [8] have all studied the transition from stretching to bending. Thouless [9], Margaretis et al [10], Wan and Mai [5] have made propositions on how to include plastic deformations in the presence of pure membrane behaviour.…”