Mode II modeling of adhesive materials degraded by fatigue loading using cohesive zone elements

Because of maintenance issues, the concept of safe life is an important philosophy for designing adhesive joints where the service load is cyclic. However, this philosophy needs a tool to be able to estimate the total fatigue life. The objective of this study is to develop a numerical tool to predict the fatigue life of adhesive joints for pure mode II loading conditions. To achieve this, a previously published mode I data degradation approach...