Creep Crack Growth Behavior during Hot Water Immersion of an Epoxy Adhesive Using a Spring-Loaded Double Cantilever Beam Test Method
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Compliance-Based Fracture Energy Calculation
2.2. Load–Displacement Curve in the Spring-Loaded Testing Method
3. Experimental
3.1. Materials and Specimens
3.2. Experimental Setup
3.3. Spring-Loaded DCB Test
4. Results and Discussion
4.1. Verification of the Spring-Loaded DCB Test
4.2. Effects of the Surface Treatment and Immersion Temperature
4.3. Creep Crack Growth Rate
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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No. | (N/mm) | (J/m2) | Surface Treatment | (°C) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 25 | 500 | Sandblasting | 90 |
2 | 49 | 500 | ||
3 | 98 | 498 | ||
4 | 49 | 621 | ||
5 | 49 | 372 | ||
6 | 49 | 253 |
Specimen | (N/mm) | (J/m2) | Surface Treatment | T (°C) |
---|---|---|---|---|
SB1 | 25 | 475 | Sandblasting | 32 |
SB2 | 504 | 63 | ||
SB3 | 500 | 90 | ||
AC1 | 25 | 465 | Pickling | 32 |
AC2 | 492 | 63 | ||
AC3 | 539 | 90 |
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Nakamura, K.; Sekiguchi, Y.; Shimamoto, K.; Houjou, K.; Akiyama, H.; Sato, C. Creep Crack Growth Behavior during Hot Water Immersion of an Epoxy Adhesive Using a Spring-Loaded Double Cantilever Beam Test Method. Materials 2023, 16, 607. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16020607
Nakamura K, Sekiguchi Y, Shimamoto K, Houjou K, Akiyama H, Sato C. Creep Crack Growth Behavior during Hot Water Immersion of an Epoxy Adhesive Using a Spring-Loaded Double Cantilever Beam Test Method. Materials. 2023; 16(2):607. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16020607
Chicago/Turabian StyleNakamura, Kota, Yu Sekiguchi, Kazumasa Shimamoto, Keiji Houjou, Haruhisa Akiyama, and Chiaki Sato. 2023. "Creep Crack Growth Behavior during Hot Water Immersion of an Epoxy Adhesive Using a Spring-Loaded Double Cantilever Beam Test Method" Materials 16, no. 2: 607. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16020607