Adhesive joints are increasing used in engineering components, particularly in the bonding of dissimilar materials. This talk focuses on deformation and failure mechanisms of a sandwich joint: brittle fracture in elastic layers, ductile failure by cohesive zone modelling, diffusion-controlled attack of an interface and toughening of an adhesive layer by the presence of micro-architectured reinforcement.
Sessions: Plenary 3-02
Plenary 3-02