Failure load prediction of single lap adhesive joints based on a new linear elastic criterion

Abstract In this study a new failure criterion has been proposed to predict the static strength of single lap adhesive joints under tensile loading. The criterion is based on a simple 2D linear elastic finite element analysis and two material and geometry parameters. According to this method, the longitudinal strain magnitude along the adhesive layer is used as a failure parameter. The criterion suggests that fracture occurs when the failure parameter along the adhesive mid-plane reaches a critical value at a critical distance. Failure loads are also determined experimentally for a series of single lap adhesive joints of different bonding lengths. It is shown that the predictions based on the proposed criterion have good agreements with the experimental data.

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