States of Stress and Strain in Adhesive Joints.
Abstract
The swelling during water uptake by adhesive joints is strongly inhomogeneous. In particular, there exists a well defined shoulder between fully saturated and less than fully saturated adhesive. The principal stresses, introduced as a consequence of the mechanical constraint exerted by the adherends, include a normal stress that is compressive near the rim of the adhesive layer and tensile near its center. The magnitude of this stress has been measured, for joints involving aluminum as one adherend and a microscope cover slip as the other adherend by analyzing the pattern of Newton's rings created between the cover slip and on optical flat.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 29, 1978
- Accession Number
- ADA064742
Entities
People
- K. H. G. Ashbee
- N. R. Farrar
Organizations
- University of Bristol