In this study, the crack lengths in adhesively bonded double cantilever beam (DCB) test specimens have been determined using digital image correlation technique combination with an elastic foundation model. This method facilitates continuous measurement of length and offers significant advantages over conventional visual observation including improved accuracy potential for automation. has appl...

There are a great variety of joint types used in nature which can inspire engineering joints. In order to design such biomimetic joints, it is at first important to understand how biological joints work. A comprehensive literature review, considering natural joints from a mechanical point of view, was undertaken. This was used to develop a taxonomy based on the different methods/functions that ...

this paper presents a novel formulation and numerical solutions for adhesively bonded composite joints with non-linear (softening) adhesive behaviour. the presented approach has the capability of choosing arbitrary loadings and boundary conditions. in this model adherends are orthotropic laminates that obey classical lamination theory. the stacking sequences can be either symmetric or asymmetri...

This paper investigates the effect of outer adherend geometry on strength an adhesively bonded joint. The investigation was carried out by optimizing joint using two different numerical optimization methods. In genetic algorithm (GA) with high fidelity explicit finite element analysis (FEA) and topology (TOP). Both procedures were utilized a simplified pseudo-2D model as well full-scale 3D mode...