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Fig. 5: (a) DCB specimen mounted in the testing machine showing the DIC speckle pattern and “millimetre” paper attached to the two steel plates. The region around the crack tip is highlighted with a red box within which the calculated peel strain (b) and shear strain (c) are shown. The crack tip is indicated by a white arrow.

Acknowledgements

This research was carried out within the project “QUALIFY – Enabling Qualification of Hybrid Joints for Lightweight and Safe Maritime Transport”. This project has received funding from the Interreg 2 Seas programme 2014-2020 co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund under subsidy contract No 03-051 and the province of East-Flanders. The authors would also like to thank Mr Axel Postiau for his contribution to this research.

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