Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADHESION AND ADHESIVES
Volume 21, Issue 6, Pages 435-443Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-7496(01)00020-3
Keywords
composites; fatigue
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Carbon fibre composites are being widely considered for many classes of heavily loaded components. A common feature of such components is the need to introduce local or global loads into the composite structured The use of adhesive bonding rather than mechanical fasteners offers the potential for reduced weight and cost. However, such bonded joints must be shown to behave in a predictable and reliable way. A major aspect of this is to demonstrate that the progress of cracks through the bonds is well understood. The work presented here illustrates one possibility for establishing a measure of control over that crack propagation. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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