Mechanical behavior of adhesive joints subjected to cyclic thermal loading
- Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., Blacksburg, VA (United States)
Stresses induced in bimaterial systems due to changing temperature has been the subject of much study since the publication of Timoshenko`s classic paper of 1925. An adhesive bond is one example of a bimaterial system in which thermal stress can play an important role. However, adhesives are viscoelastic in nature, and their mechanical behavior is dictated by the temperature- and time-dependence of their material properties; analytical solutions for elastic materials do not adequately describe their true behavior. The effect of the adhesive`s viscoelasticity on stress in an adhesive bond subjected to changing temperature is therefore of compelling interest and importance for the adhesives industry. The objective of this research is to develop an understanding of the viscoelastic effect in an adhesive bond subjected to cycling temperature, particularly when the temperature range spans a transition temperature of the adhesive. Numerical modeling of a simplified geometry was first undertaken to isolate the influence of viscoelasticity on the stress state from any particular specimen geometry effect. Finite element modeling was then undertaken to examine the mechanical behavior of the adhesive in a layered geometry. Both solution methods predicted development of residual tensile stresses in the adhesive. For the layered geometry this was found to correspond with residual tensile peel stresses, which are thought to be the cause of interfacial debonding.
- OSTI ID:
- 441489
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960214-; TRN: 96:006556-0022
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 19. annual meeting of the Adhesion Society, Inc, Myrtle Beach, SC (United States), 18-21 Feb 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the 19th annual meeting of the Adhesion Society; Ward, T.C. [ed.]; PB: 567 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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