It is commonly accepted that the majority of engineering failures happen due to fatigue or fracture phenomena. Adhesive bonding is a prevailing joining technique, widely used for critical connections in composite structures. However, the lack of knowledge regarding fatigue and fracture behaviour, and the shortage of tools for credible fatigue design, hinders the potential benefits of adhesively bonded joints. The demand for reliable and safe structures necessitates deep knowledge in this area in order to avoid catastrophic structural failures. This book reviews recent research in the field of fatigue and fracture of adhesively-bonded composite joints. The first part of the book discusses the experimental investigation of the reliability of adhesively-bonded composite joints, current research on understanding damage mechanisms, fatigue and fracture, durability and ageing as well as implications for design. The second part of the book covers the modelling of bond performance and failure mechanisms in different loading conditions.
| ISBN: | 9780857098061 |
| Publication date: | 10th November 2014 |
| Author: | Anastasios P Senior Scientist, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland Vassilopoulos |
| Publisher: | Woodhead Publishing Ltd an imprint of Elsevier Science & Technology |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 552 pages |
| Genres: |
Materials science Mechanical engineering |
It is commonly accepted that the majority of engineering failures happen due to fatigue or fracture phenomena. Adhesive bonding is a prevailing joining technique, widely used for critical connections in composite structures. However, the lack of knowledge regarding fatigue and fracture behaviour, and the shortage of tools for credible fatigue design, hinders the potential benefits of adhesively bonded joints. The demand for reliable and safe structures necessitates deep knowledge in this area in order to avoid catastrophic structural failures. This book reviews recent research in the field of fatigue and fracture of adhesively-bonded composite joints. The first part of the book discusses the experimental investigation of the reliability of adhesively-bonded composite joints, current research on understanding damage mechanisms, fatigue and fracture, durability and ageing as well as implications for design. The second part of the book covers the modelling of bond performance and failure mechanisms in different loading conditions.
Fatigue and Fracture of Adhesively-Bonded Composite Joints features in the following genres: Materials science, Mechanical engineering
Fatigue and Fracture of Adhesively-Bonded Composite Joints is available in Hardback
Fatigue and Fracture of Adhesively-Bonded Composite Joints was written by Anastasios P Senior Scientist, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland Vassilopoulos and published by Woodhead Publishing Ltd an imprint of Elsevier Science & Technology
Fatigue and Fracture of Adhesively-Bonded Composite Joints has 552 pages