Characterization of mixed-mode I/II fracture properties of adhesively bonded yellow-poplar by a dual actuator test frame instrument
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Edoardo Nicoli
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Charles E. Frazier
Abstract
Experimental results for the fracture behavior under mixed-mode in-plane loading conditions of adhesively bonded wood specimens are reported. The material systems considered involved yellow-poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera), a hardwood of the Magnoliaceae family, as adherends bonded with two different adhesives, a moisture-cure polyurethane (PU) and a phenol/resorcinol/formaldehyde (PRF) resin. A dual actuator test frame permitted fine scanning of fracture behavior over a full range of mixed-mode I/II levels for double cantilever beam (DCB) geometry specimens. These tests showed that, in the considered material systems, the critical strain energy release rate, 
c, tends to increase as the mode-mixity of the loading increases. In particular, the increase is steeper in proximity to pure mode II loading for the PRF bonded specimens. The experimental values of 
c obtained were fairly scattered, as is common when testing wood systems. This variability is due in part to the natural variability of wood but also to other factors such as the orientation of the grain in the bonded beams and variations of bondline thickness. In particular, measurements of adhesive layer thickness were performed. This analysis was implemented with microscopic examination of samples cut from untested DCB specimens, where the bondline had not been disrupted by the test. Although the wood parts were power planed prior to bonding, rather large variations of the adhesive layer thickness were observed: on the order of 1–100 μm for specimens bonded with the PU resin and 10–50 μm for specimens bonded with the PRF resin, which showed somewhat more consistent fracture behavior.
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