Asymmetric Double Cantilever Beam Test to Measure the Toughness of an Alumina/Epoxy Interface
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
This report describes an adhesively bonded, Asymmetric Double Cantilever Beam (ADCB) fracture specimen that has been expressly developed to measure the toughness of an alumina (Al203)/epoxy interface. The measured interfacial fracture toughness quantifies resistance to crack growth along an interface with the stipulation that crack-tip yielding is limited and localized to the crack-tip. An ADCB specimen is a variant of the well-known double cantilever beam specimen, but in the ADCB specimen the two beams have different bending stiffnesses. This report begins with a brief overview of how crack-tip mode mixity (i.e., a measure of shear-to- normal stress at the crack-tip) is a distinguishing feature of interfacial fracture. Which is then followed by a detailed description of relevant design, fabrication, testing, and associated data analysis techniques. The report then concludes by presenting illustrative results that compare the measured interfacial toughness of an alumina/epoxy interface when the alumina is silane-coated and when the alumina is not silane coated. This page left blank
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525
- OSTI ID:
- 1595916
- Report Number(s):
- SAND--2019-14935; 681706
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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