PSI - Issue 64

Sareh Akbarpoor et al. / Procedia Structural Integrity 64 (2024) 822–832 Sareh Akbarpoor/ Structural Integrity Procedia 00 (2019) 000 – 000

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For specimens using epoxy adhesives, the observed failure mode, as depicted in Fig. 8, was the cracking and splitting of the epoxy adhesive near the loaded end of the bonded length area. This illustrates the brittle behaviour of this adhesive.

Fig. 7. Failure mode of CBA-S-100.

Fig. 8. Failure mode of EA-100.