The application of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites is gaining increasing
popularity in impact-resistant devices, automotives, biomedical devices and aircraft …

The present work investigates the rate-dependent failure behaviour of structural adhesive
joints loaded in mode I. Butt joint and tapered double cantilever beam (TDCB) specimens …

A rate-dependent constitutive law for cohesive interface elements is introduced for the
adhesive considering both, the rate dependency of the initiation stress and the rate …

This paper presents a novel formulation of a hereditary cohesive zone model able to
effectively capture rate‐dependent crack propagation along a defined interface, over a wide …

The structural behavior at the interface between two surfaces of ductile, brittle or quasi-brittle
materials is studied by a new analytical elastoplastic damaging model. The model is …

Cohesive zone model has been used widely in fracture propagations, but few of them have
considered strain rate, plastic strain, and variable damping together. In this paper, artificial …

The mode-I interlaminar fracture toughness of composite laminates under different loading
rates can be measured by the double cantilever beam (DCB) test. It is observed from the …

The mode I fracture toughness of an adhesive at low temperatures under high loading rates
are studied experimentally. Typical R-curves of the polyurethane adhesive under different …

A new interface constitutive model based on damage mechanics and frictional plasticity is
presented. The model is thermodynamically consistent, it is able to accurately reproduce …

In this work, double cantilever beam specimens were used to investigate the rate-dependent
fracture of a silicon/epoxy interface. Fracture experiments were conducted at 5 different …