Unified methodology for the prediction of the fatigue behaviour of adhesively bonded joints

A unified model is proposed to predict the fatigue behaviour of adhesively bonded joints. The model is based on a damage mechanics approach, wherein the evolution of fatigue damage in the adhesive is defined as a power law function of the micro-plastic strain. The model is implemented as an external subroutine for commercial finite element analysis software. Three dimensional damage evolution and crack propagation were simulated using this...