Failure of carbon composite-to-aluminum joints with combined mechanical fastening and adhesive bonding

Composite-to-aluminum double lap joints were tested to obtain the failure loads and modes for three types of joints: adhesive bonding, bolt fastening and adhesive-bolt hybrid joining. A film type adhesive FM73 and a paste type adhesive EA9394S were used for aluminum and composite bonding. A digital microscope camcorder was used to monitor the failure of the joints. It was found that hybrid joining improves joint strength when the mechanical fastening is stronger than the bonding, as when the paste type adhesive is used. On the other hand, when the strength of the bolted joint is lower than that of the bonded joint, as when the film type adhesive is used, bolt joining contributes little to the strength of the hybrid joint.     

服役低温老化对铝合金-玄武岩纤维增强树脂复合材料粘接接头力学性能的影响及失效预测

为了给铝合金-玄武岩纤维增强树脂(BFRP)复合材料粘接结构在汽车工业中的应用提供参考和指导,加工了铝合金-BFRP复合材料粘接接头。结合汽车服役中的温度区间,选取?10℃和?40℃的低温老化环境,对接头进行0、10、20、30天的老化。对老化后的粘接接头进行准静态拉伸试验和剪切试验,得到不同老化时间下铝合金-BFRP粘接接头的准静态失效强度。结合DSC和FTIR分析低温老化对BFRP复合材料的影响,并对粘接接头的失效断面进行宏观分析和SEM分析。结果表明:在低温老化环境中,胶粘剂与BFRP复合材料的化学性质受低温老化作用影响不大,BFRP中的官能团与玻璃化转变温度(T_g)没有发生明显的变化,接头的失效强度和失效模式主要受胶粘剂与粘接基材的热应力影响。对于拉伸接头,随着低温老化时间的增加,BFRP复合材料纤维与树脂基体间的结合力降低,铝合金-BFRP复合材料接头的失效断面中纤维撕裂的比例逐渐减少,拉伸接头失效强度逐渐下降。老化后剪切接头仍为内聚失效,BFRP复合材料的低温老化对铝合金-BFRP复合材料剪切接头的失效强度几乎没有影响,剪切接头失效强度的下降主要是胶粘剂与粘接基材热膨胀系数不一致引起的热应力的影响。采用二次应力准则公式对?10℃和?40℃低温环境下,拉应力、剪应力值随老化时间的变化规律进行了拟合,在此失效准则的基础上,根据响应面原理,建立接头失效强度随老化时间变化的三维曲面,为粘接技术在车身结构中的工程应用提供参考。      

Fatigue properties of combined friction stir and adhesively bonded AA6082‐T6 overlap joints

Even though friction stir welding (FSW) has been shown to produce high performing butt joints, stress concentration at the weld edges in overlap FSW significantly reduces the performance of these joints. By combining FSW and adhesive bonding into a friction stir (FS) weld bonding, joint mechanical performance is greatly improved. Quasistatic and fatigue strength of the proposed FS weld‐bonding joints was assessed and benchmarked against overlap FSW and adhesive bonding. The characterization of the structural adhesive is also presented, including differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), as well as mechanical characterization with curing temperature. A small process parameter study was made to select proper FSW parameters for AA6082‐T6 overlap FSW and FS weld‐bonded joints. FS weld bonding achieved a significant increase in quasistatic and fatigue strength when compared with overlap FSW, with 79.9% of the fatigue strength of adhesive‐bonded joints at 10⁶ cycles, whereas FSW had 41.6%.     

Experimental and numerical investigation of the influence of imperfect bonding on the strength of NCF double-lap shear joints

The influence of imperfect bonding, owing to partial lack of adhesive, on the strength of composite non-crimp fabric (NCF) double-lap shear (DLS) joints was experimentally and numerically investigated. Fabrics were layered and compacted using a thermoplastic veil while infiltration of the preforms was done using the vacuum assisted process. Paste adhesive bonding was carried out by implementing the novel insertion squeeze flow process. Quality of adhesive bonding was tested using X-ray imaging and ultrasonic C-scan inspection. The tensile lap shear strength of the DLS joints was determined experimentally. Digital macrographs revealed that the specimens failed due to shear failure of the adhesive (debonding) and fracture of the composite boundary layer. As a second approach, a mesomechanical model based on the FE method and the (homogenized) progressive failure analysis method was developed. In the model, the areas without adhesion, as detected by the C-scans, were included. Numerical simulations of failure initiation and progression at the NCF joint and the adhesive indicated that it is possible to predict the strength and failure mechanisms of the imperfect bonded DLS joints.     

Three-dimensionally printed designable joint for carbon fibre reinforced plastics

Three-dimensional (3D) printing of carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) components shows promise for building light-weight strong components for industry. Many structures require multiple components to be joined to form the completed parts. However, tightening of metal bolts used to join CFRP can damage the composite and the bonding strength of adhesive bonding is variable. Here, we propose a new joint system, based on all-3D printed parts. Snap-in joints and Ajax-pins induce a mechanical joining force at the interface between parts, together with a bearing force. This joint system offers comparable strength to that of adhesive and metal bolt joints, while adding negligible weight to the parts. Furthermore, 3D printing of the surface structures, holes and pins enables unprecedented control over the joint design, enabling strength optimization through the thickness and in-place directions as required. The Snap-in joint system shows great potential for the fabrication of strong light-weight 3D printed structures.     

Fatigue strength and fatigue fracture mechanism of three-sheet spot weld-bonded joints under tensile–shear loading

This paper deals with fatigue behavior of three-sheet spot weld-bonded (SWB) joints to investigate the influence of adhesive bonding on fatigue strength and fracture mechanism. From the results of tensile–shear fatigue tests, the fatigue strength of the SWB joint was higher than that of the spot welded (SW) joint. For fatigue behavior in the SWB joint, debonding between a steel sheet and adhesive propagated from an edge of bonded area to a nugget edge, and a fatigue crack initiated at the nugget edge. It was concluded that the delayed fatigue crack initiation at the nugget edge in the SWB joint resulted in the fatigue strength improvement of SW joint.     

Excimer Laser Surface Treatment of Sheet Molding Compound for Adhesive Bonding

High-strength adhesive bonding of polymer composites can be achieved by treating surface with an excimer laser. A sheet molding compound (SMC) was used for the laser surface treatment for adhesive bonding. By subjecting the SMC surface to excimer laser source, the epoxy matrix was selectively removed by ablation, where upon the glass fibers stood exposed, without any inherent damage to their surface. The controllability is proved to be admirable by optimizing processing parameters. A significant improvement of the joint strength was found in the excimer laser treatment. The selective ablation of polymer matrix resulted in a maximized surface roughness, and an interlocking effect: of glass fibers at the joints. It is also possible that capillary effect draws the adhesive between the mating surfaces. This investigation shows that a high quality adhesive joint of polymer composites can be obtained from the excimer laser treatment.     

Nonlinear analysis of adhesively bonded tubular single-lap joints for composites in torsion

The nonlinear analysis of tubular single-lap adhesive joints with composite adherends was performed by incorporating the nonlinear behavior of the adhesive into the analysis. For this purpose, the stress and strain in the laminated composite tube were first calculated under a general loading scheme, and then the iterative solution of the joints was derived by including the nonlinear properties of the adhesive. The stress distributions in the adhesive were investigated for different types of composite adherends and compared with the results of the linear analysis. The effect of the bonding length on torque transmission capability was also taken into consideration. The results indicate that the nonlinear analysis relieves the stress concentration at the edge of the joint, resulting in a more accurate prediction of joint strength.     

Smart cure cycles for the adhesive joint of composite structures at cryogenic temperatures

Adhesive joints are employed for composite structures used at the cryogenic temperatures such as LNG (liquefied natural gas) insulating tanks and satellite structures. The strength of the adhesive joints at the cryogenic temperatures is influenced by the property variation of adhesive and the thermal residual stress generated due to the large temperature difference (ΔT) from the adhesive bonding process to the operating temperature. Therefore, in this work, the strength and thermal residual stress of the epoxy adhesive at cryogenic temperatures were measured with respect to cure cycle. Also, the cure cycles composed of gradual heating, rapid cooling and reheating steps were applied to the adhesive joints to reduce the thermal residual stress in the adhesive joints with short curing time. Finally, a smart cure method was developed to improve the adhesive joint strength and to reduce the cure time for the composite sandwich structures at cryogenic temperatures.     

搭接长度和铺层方式对CFRP复合材料层合板胶接结构连接性能和损伤行为的影响

针对不同搭接长度和铺层方式的碳纤维增强树脂（CFRP）复合材料层合板单搭胶接结构进行了拉伸试验,观察了试件的受力过程和失效形态,获得了载荷-位移曲线;同时基于连续损伤力学模型和三维Hashin失效准则模拟了CFRP复合材料层合板的层内损伤形成和演化,并利用内聚力模型来模拟层间及胶层的失效损伤,对CFRP复合材料层合板单搭胶接结构在拉伸作用下的失效强度和损伤机制进行了预测,通过对比验证了该数值方法的有效性;通过数值试验比较不同搭接长度和铺层方式的单搭胶接结构及双搭胶接结构的连接强度和损伤行为,并提出了一种优化的CFRP复合材料层合板胶接结构。结果表明:CFRP复合材料层合板胶接结构的极限失效载荷随着搭接长度的增大逐渐增加并趋于稳定值,且结构的失效形式逐渐从胶层自身剪切失效过渡到邻近胶层的层合板层间分层失效;CFRP复合材料层合板胶接结构的连接强度和损伤行为随着铺层方式的不同而改变,通过对3种铺层方式的对比和分析,得到性能最好的铺层方式是[0₃/90₃]_2S;在搭接长度为5~20 mm时,通过对搭接长度进行优化,得到单搭胶接结构的最优搭接长度是17 mm,双搭胶接结构的最优搭接长度是19.3 mm,与搭接长度为20 mm相比,单搭胶接结构和双搭胶接结构的连接强度分别提高了13.26%和0.43%。      

基于激光三维雕刻的CFRP多梯层挖补胶接接头加工技术研究

在航空飞行器的碳纤维复合材料(CFRP)结构件损伤修复时,挖补胶接技术是获得高性能的CFRP层合板接头的理想工艺.本文提出一种CFRP层合板的多梯层挖补胶接接头设计策略,设计了挖补胶接接头阴阳膜构建和分层切片激光三维雕刻扫描工艺代码生成算法,探索了CFRP梯层界面的激光烧蚀成型工艺规律和粘结性能改善机理,验证了胶接接头...     

Effects of nano-silver and nano-zycosil on mechanical strength of heat,vapor, and dry-ice-treated biscuit and dovetail medium-density fiberboard miter joints

The present study is aimed at determining the effects of nano-silver and nano-zycosil on biscuit and dovetail MDF miter joints treated with heat, vapor chamber, and dry-ice-blasting. These two kinds of joints are very popular in cabinet-making industry and are used with or without adhesive on a large scale because of their strength as well as ease in making. Seven combinations of joints were made and treated with nanoparticles, including single and double dovetail with and without adhesive, and three sizes of biscuit joints. The size of the nanoparticles was between 20 and 80 nano-meter. Results showed that double-dovetail joint with adhesive had the best mechanical strength (3080 N). Heat and vapor-chamber treatments significantly decreased the strength of joints. Treatment with nanosilver generally decreased the strength of joints; the heat-transfer property of silver could not compensate for the loss in strength caused by heat treatment. Similarly, nano-zycosil significantly decreased the strength and its water-repellant property did not result in improvement in the strength of specimens treated in vapor-chamber. Also, nano-silver is not recommended to be used for joints to be cleaned by ice-blasting, though the loading strength of nano-silver ice-blasted dovetail joints seemed to be slightly more than the control joints that were ice-blasted.     

Failure mode and strength of uni-directional composite single lap bonded joints with different bonding methods

Failure process, mode and strength of unidirectional composite single lap bonded joints were investigated experimentally with respect to bonding methods, that is, co-curing with or without adhesive and secondary bonding. The co-cured joint specimen without adhesive had the highest failure strength. Progressive failures along an adhesive layer occurred in the secondary bonded specimen. In the co-cured specimen with adhesive film, delamination failure occurred and the joint strength was lower than that of secondary bonded specimens. Delamination failure did not occur in the secondary bonded specimen because of early crack growth and progressive failure in the adhesive layer. Therefore, The failure strength of composite bonded joint is not always proportionate to adhesion strength of adhesive due to the weakness of delamination in composite materials. The influences of surface roughness, bondline thickness and fillets in the secondary bonded specimens were also studied.     

Failure prediction and strength improvement of uni-directional composite single lap bonded joints

A methodology is presented for the failure prediction of the composite single lap bonded joints considering both the composite adherend and the bondline failures. An elastic-perfectly plastic model of the adhesive and a delamination failure criterion were used in the methodology. The failure predictions using the finite element analysis and the proposed methodology were performed. The failure prediction results such as failure mode and strength showed very good agreements with the test results for the joint specimens with various bonding methods and parameters. Based on the numerical investigation, the optimal joint strength condition was found and a new joint strength improvement technique was suggested. The suggested technique was verified to have a significant effect on the joint strength improvement.     

金属-复合材料胶接凹槽形貌增强及参数设计

金属-复合材料混合接头广泛存在于航空、船舶及汽车等领域,具有凹槽形貌的共固化金属-复合材料接头可保持复合材料结构的完整性和纤维的连续性。在被连接金属表面设计了±45°凹槽,评估了表面形貌对钢-玻璃纤维增强树脂复合材料(GFRP)接头胶接性能的影响,设计了单搭接拉伸剪切试验,验证胶接接头的剪切性能;在模拟中引入随机Weibull分布,定义内聚单元材料参数,结合矢量化用户材料(Vectorized user material,VUMAT)子程序模拟了接头的渐进失效过程,并建立±45°凹槽结构的代表性体积单元(Representative volume element,RVE)模型,分析了凹槽宽度和深度等参数对胶接接头的性能影响。研究表明,±45°凹槽结构可以显著提高钢-GFRP胶接接头的剪切强度,数值模拟强度和破坏模式与试验吻合;凹槽深度和宽度对结构胶接性能的影响显著,本文可为金属-复合材料接头的设计提供参考。      

A parametric study on the failure of bonded single-lap joints of carbon composite and aluminum

A parametric study on adhesively bonded carbon composite-to-aluminum single-lap joints was experimentally conducted. FM73m, a high strength adhesive produced by Cytec, was used for bonding. The primary objective of this study is to investigate the effects of various parameters, such as bonding pressure, overlap length, adherend thickness, and material type, on the failure load and failure mode of joints with dissimilar materials. While metal bonded joints generally fail at the adhesive, the final failure mode of all the tested bonded joints with dissimilar materials was delamination of the composite adherend. Bonding strengths of the tested joints were lower than the metal-to-metal bonded joint strength. The specimens bonded under pressure of 4 and 6 atm yielded higher failure loads than under pressure of 3 atm, which is within the range of the manufacturer-recommended bonding pressure. Failure loads of the joint increased slightly at an overlap length larger than 30 mm. Increasing adherend thickness resulted in an increase of the failure load, but was not linearly proportional to the failure load.     

Structural behavior of double-lap shear adhesive joints with metal substrates under humid conditions

Structural adhesive bonding is very often used joining method in aerospace and automotive industry, but in civil engineering, especially in façade applications, semi-flexible or semi-rigid adhesives are still rarely used. The article is focused on experimental analyses of structural adhesive joints intended for façade applications (e.g. bonding of façade cladding elements to the supporting substructure). The experimental study contains a comparison of the structural behavior of two different adhesives in joints with aluminum or zinc-electroplated steel substrates with various surface pre-treatments. The main goal of the study is a comparison of the mechanical properties of joints exposed and unexposed to laboratory ageing conditions; immersion on demineralized water according to ETAG 002 (Guideline for European Technical Approval for Structural Sealant Glazing Kits). Water content in adhesive layer can change significantly its mechanical properties and adhesion of glue to the substrate. Ageing resistance of joint can be improved by durability increasing of the substrate. For this reason, two different substrate materials with various surface treatments (mechanical roughening, smooth surface, anodizing) were tested. Different adhesive resistance against humid conditions was observed depending on the substrate material and pre-treatment. STP polymer joints showed strength reduction by 30% after immersion for almost all substrates, while acrylate adhesive proved 20% strength reduction for roughened aluminum substrate and 60% strength reduction for zinc-electroplated steel substrate with a roughened surface. The zinc-electroplated steel substrate showed problematic adhesion in case of the acrylate adhesive both reference set of specimens and specimens exposed to laboratory ageing. The positive effect of roughening on adhesion and ageing resistance was clearly observed in the specimens bonded by the acrylate adhesive.

     

Adhesively-bonded joints in metallic alloys, polymers and composite materials: Mechanical and environmental durability performance

The factors affecting the mechanical and environmental durability (or stability), and performance of the adhesively bonded joints in various adherends including metallic alloys, polymers and composite materials are studied in detail. The primary function of a joint is to transfer load from one structural member to another. In most bonded joints the load transfer takes place through interfacial shear. At present, the use of adhesive bonded joints are largely applied to secondary non-critical structures. Whereas the use of adhesive bonding in primary structural applications has been somewhat limited because of the difficulty in defining and predicting joint strength, and designing the joint geometry to optimize strength and reliability. The determination of adhesive joint strength is complicated primarily by the nature of the polymeric material itself. Since these problems are mainly mechanical in nature, stress analysis is required to understand how the force loads are distributed along the adherends and adhesive layer. Most structural engineers consider the durability or stability of a joint to be fatigue related. This is only partly true for adhesive bonds as most durability issues are driven by environmental resistance rather than fatigue loads. The environmental resistance of an adhesive bond is determined by the chemical bonds formed during cure of the adhesive and the resistance of the chemical bonds to environmental degradation. Environmental resistance is fundamental to the durability of a bonded joint or repair. Most in-service failures are caused by environmental degradation of the interface between the bonding surface and the adhesive. Although the use of adhesive bonding is increasing rapidly, there are still important issues which need to be addressed in joint analysis, design, durability, and performance considerations. Therefore, the study of joints usually involves consideration of (a) joint geometries, (b) materials (i.e., adhesives and adherends), (c) loading conditions (i.e., static and dynamic loadings), (d) failure modes (i.e., cohesive, adhesive or mixed failure modes), and (e) temperature and moisture or environmental effects (humidity, solvents, corrosion, temperature extremes, thermal cyling etc.). Therefore, in the present paper the adhesive joints are critically assessed in terms of these factors which affect the durability and performance of them.There are two basic mathematical approaches for the analysis of adhesively bonded joints: (a) closed-form or analytical model and (b) numerical solutions (i.e., finite element analysis, FEA). In the closed-form approach, a set of differential equations and boundary conditions is formulated. The solutions of these equations are analytical expressions which give values of stresses at any point of joint. The analytical approach for the solution of complex stress distributions in the joints has been progressively refined until recent times. In the second approach, solutions of differential equations are obtained by numerical methods or the continuum is represented by a discrete model at the outset. The solution of these equations gives displacements at the determined points from which strains and stresses can be obtained for any point within the model. Among the numerical methods, finite element analysis (FEA) has been extensively used with success. The two- and three-dimensional finite element analyses approaches have been extensively applied by many workers to analyse the adhesive joints considering the linear and geometric nonlinearities.     

超声强化氨基化多壁碳纳米管改性环氧黏接接头性能研究

目的 探究超声处理对氨基化多壁碳纳米管(MWCNTs–NH2)改性环氧黏接接头黏接性能和热稳定性的影响,为强化MWCNTs–NH2改性环氧胶黏剂与铝合金的黏接提供参考。方法 通过机械搅拌与声波破碎的方法将质量分数为0.75%的MWCNTs–NH2添加到环氧胶黏剂基体中,使用MWCNTs–NH2改性环氧胶黏剂制备铝合金黏接接头,基于超声辅助黏接工艺在铝合金黏接过程中进行超声处理。通过傅里叶变换红外光谱仪(FTIR)分析MWCNTs–NH2改性环氧胶黏剂基体官能团的变化情况。采用单搭接剪切强度试验测定黏接接头的拉伸剪切强度。通过扫描电子显微镜(Scanning Electron Microscope,SEM)观察黏接接头拉伸失效断面以及铝合金与胶黏剂间的黏接界面。通过热失重分析仪(TGA)测试并记录胶黏剂试样质量随温度变化的曲线。结果 经超声处理后,MWCNTs–NH2与树脂基体间的化学反应增强。与纯环氧黏接接头相比,超声处理后的MWCNTs–NH2改性环氧黏接接头拉伸剪切强度提高了49.2%,黏接接头断面上的内聚失效部分显著增加。微观上,超声处理后的MWCNTs–NH2改性环氧黏接接头断面显示出更加复杂的塑性变形,胶黏剂与铝合金表面结合得更加紧密,MWCNTs–NH2随环氧胶黏剂流入铝合金表面凹槽内。经超声处理后,胶黏剂在失重率为5%、10%、50%以及热失重速率最大时的特征温度上升。结论 超声处理改善了MWCNTs–NH2与树脂基体的界面结合性能,促进了MWCNTs–NH2改性环氧胶黏剂在铝合金表面的渗透和填充情况,形成了MWCNTs–NH2对铝合金和胶黏剂的桥接。超声处理提高了改性环氧胶黏剂的交联密度,改善了胶黏剂的热稳定性。     

缺陷对单搭胶接接头力学性能的影响

通过单向拉伸试验对比分析了两种接头的破坏模式及载荷-位移曲线, 研究了T700/TDE85复合材料单向层合板单搭接胶层内缺陷对接头破坏行为的影响。试验结果表明, 接头破坏的主导模式为界面破坏, 胶层中微小缺陷对接头强度的影响不大。为研究接头的失效机制, 采用有限元方法对两种接头失效进行数值分析, 模拟了接头搭接区界面剥离应力及剪切应力分布情况, 并分析了缺陷位置变化及面积变化对接头强度的影响。结果表明, 随着缺陷位置距接头搭接区自由端部越近, 接头强度越小, 且缺陷位置距接头搭接区自由端部2.5 mm以内, 缺陷对接头强度影响较大; 接头强度随缺陷面积的增大而减小, 并且缺陷面积占搭接区面积的比率在4.4%以内, 缺陷对接头强度的影响较小; 数值计算结果与实验结果吻合较好。