In the presented research, a split Hopkinson tension bar (SHTB) was used to measure mechanical response of multi-material single-lap joints in high-rate loading regime. High-performance applications require high-quality measurements properties define safe design rules. Servo-hydraulic machines are commonly investigate such small structures, but they prone produce oscillation-affected force meas...

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The present paper discusses the results of an investigation into the effects of test rate and the mode of loading on the fracture energy, Gc, of adhesively-bonded fibre-composite joints. Various carbon-fibre reinforced-polymer (CFRP) matrix composite substrates have been bonded using two different types of automotive structural epoxy-adhesives. They have been tested via loading the bonded joint...

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...