Crack equivalent concept applied to the fracture characterization of bonded joints under pure mode I loading

Numerical analysis of the dual actuator

Numerical analysis of the dual actuator load test applied to fracture characterization of bonded joints

✍ Filipe J.P. Chaves; M.F.S.F. de Moura; L.F.M. da Silva; D.A. Dillard 📂 Article 📅 2011 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 557 KB

The dual actuator load test was numerically analyzed in order to assess its adequacy for fracture characterization of bonded joints under different mixed-mode loading conditions. This test enables asymmetric loading of double cantilever beam specimens, thus providing a large range of mixed-mode comb