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The Sandwich Bending Specimen for Characterizing Adhesive Properties

The Sandwich Bending Specimen for Characterizing Adhesive Properties Techniques to characterize the mechanical properties ofadhesives in a bonded geometry are important because thebehavior can differ from that of bulk adhesive samples.Although there are a number of such tests, the simplicity ofthe sandwich beam specimen makes itattractive. This test involves three-point bending of a beam madeby bonding together two metal strips with the adhesive. Forlinear elastic materials, the shear modulus of the adhesive canbe calculated from the bending stiffness of the beam with anumber of published analyses. This paper conducts experimentsto examine the sandwich test and the potential to extend it toviscoelastic adhesives since standard viscoelastic testequipment can easily measure three-point bending. The results showthat the stiffness of the sandwich beam is sensitive to thepresence of the adhesive throughout most of the interestingrange for adhesive properties. Second, when tested as afunction temperature and time (or frequency), the stiffness ofthe beam behaves like a classic viscoelastic property. Finally,in the rubbery, elastic range, the shear moduli calculated frombeam tests with thick bonds agreed with those obtained fromtests on bulk samples for adhesives. In the temperature rangewhere the adhesive is hard (glassy behavior), however, problemswere observed for the geometries tested here. Some of theseproblems may be attributable to assumptions made in theanalyses used, and this suggests the need for a new analysisthat addresses these limiting assumptions and extends the testto viscoelastic materials. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials Springer Journals

The Sandwich Bending Specimen for Characterizing Adhesive Properties

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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2003 by Kluwer Academic Publishers
Subject
Physics; Polymer Sciences; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering; Characterization and Evaluation Materials; Mechanics
ISSN
1385-2000
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1573-2738
DOI
10.1023/A:1024091302445
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Abstract

Techniques to characterize the mechanical properties ofadhesives in a bonded geometry are important because thebehavior can differ from that of bulk adhesive samples.Although there are a number of such tests, the simplicity ofthe sandwich beam specimen makes itattractive. This test involves three-point bending of a beam madeby bonding together two metal strips with the adhesive. Forlinear elastic materials, the shear modulus of the adhesive canbe calculated from the bending stiffness of the beam with anumber of published analyses. This paper conducts experimentsto examine the sandwich test and the potential to extend it toviscoelastic adhesives since standard viscoelastic testequipment can easily measure three-point bending. The results showthat the stiffness of the sandwich beam is sensitive to thepresence of the adhesive throughout most of the interestingrange for adhesive properties. Second, when tested as afunction temperature and time (or frequency), the stiffness ofthe beam behaves like a classic viscoelastic property. Finally,in the rubbery, elastic range, the shear moduli calculated frombeam tests with thick bonds agreed with those obtained fromtests on bulk samples for adhesives. In the temperature rangewhere the adhesive is hard (glassy behavior), however, problemswere observed for the geometries tested here. Some of theseproblems may be attributable to assumptions made in theanalyses used, and this suggests the need for a new analysisthat addresses these limiting assumptions and extends the testto viscoelastic materials.

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Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials – Springer Journals

Published: Mar 1, 2003

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