Fracture analysis in adhesive composite material/aluminum joints under mode-I loading; experimental and numerical approaches

Assessment and evaluation of fracture characteristics are very important in adhesive joint for achieving a safety mode. In this paper, fracture was investigated in mode-I in adhesive composite material/aluminum alloy joints. To achieve this aim, Double Cantilever Beam (DCB) was used to evaluate fracture in mode-I loading (opening). Bonding was realized by epoxy adhesive as one of the most important and widely used adhesives in aerospace and...