Farooq, Muhammad Kashif  <br/><br/>
Analysis of Adhesive Joints using Digital Image Correlation (DIC) / 
Muhammad Kashif Farooq  
 - 83p.  Soft Copy  30cm 
<br/><br/> In this study, the effect of cork particles on the failure behavior of SLJs was investigated<br/>experimentally through tensile testing and non-contact digital image correlation (DIC) methods.<br/>Cork particles within size range of 125-250 μm were added at 0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75 and 1.0% wt. in<br/>a brittle epoxy. SLJs with and without cork particles were tested under a displacement control<br/>condition of 1.3 mm/min and digital images were captured during the deformation in order to<br/>analyze the fracture process. VIC 2D 7 software was used to determine the peel and shear strain<br/>distributions in the overlapped area of bonded joints. Tensile test and DIC results reveal that cork<br/>particles enhance the strength and ductility of adhesive joints. However, the effect of cork particles<br/>on ductility is more significant than strength of joint. The visual inspection of the captured images<br/>shows cork particles act as crack stopper and slow down the crack propagation along the bondline.  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>MS Mechanical Engineering      
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>621