Rubber model for adhesive lap joints
- 1 January 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Strain Analysis
- Vol. 8 (1) , 52-57
- https://doi.org/10.1243/03093247v081052
Abstract
Models of adhesive joints have been constructed in which hard rubber has been used as the adherends and relatively soft foam rubber as the adhesive. The models were scaled to represent various types of lap joint. Very good agreement was obtained when the experimental results were compared with available theory, showing that the model accurately represented the shear-stress distribution in the adhesive. Two joints are shown in which the adhesive thickness was profiled (one optimally, the other linearly) to reduce or eliminate the shear-stress concentration at the ends.Keywords
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- The influence on the stress distribution in an adhesive lap joint of bending of the adhering sheetsBritish Journal of Applied Physics, 1958