On fracture characteristics of adhesive joints with dissimilar materials – An experimental study using digital image correlation (DIC) technique

With expanding use of multi-materials in vehicle components for attaining light-weighting structures, growing interests have been refilled in the adhesive bonding technique attributable to its compelling advantages to bond dissimilar materials, especially for carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) composite and metals. A significant issue related to the bonding of dissimilar materials is, nevertheless, that there are substantial differences...