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Generic failure mechanisms in adhesive bonds

  • Philipp Hass EMAIL logo , Falk K. Wittel and Peter Niemz
Published/Copyright: September 4, 2012

Abstract

The failure of adhesive bondlines has been studied at the microscopic level via tensile tests. Stable crack propagation could be generated by means of samples with improved geometry, which made in situ observations possible. The interaction of cracks with adhesive bondlines under various angles to the crack propagation was the focus of this study, as well as the respective loading situations for the adhesives urea formaldehyde (UF), polyurethane (PUR), and polyvinyl acetate (PVAc), which have distinctly different mechanical behaviors. It has been shown how adhesive properties influence the occurrence of certain failure mechanisms and determine their appearance and order of magnitude. With the observed failure mechanisms, it becomes possible to predict the propagation path of a crack through the specimen.


Corresponding author: Philipp Hass, Institute for Building Materials, ETH Zurich, Schafmattstrasse 6, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland

Received: 2011-12-14
Accepted: 2012-8-10
Published Online: 2012-09-04
Published in Print: 2013-02-01

©2013 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin Boston

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