Splicing of reinforcement bars with epoxy joints

The splicing of reinforcement bars in tension using epoxy-sleeve joints is described. The optimum length of the splicing sleeve required and the optimum bonding layer of epoxy resin in the joint were determined in direct tension tests. The performance of the epoxy-sleeve joint made to these optimum dimensions is then compared to that of a lap splice made according to the provisions of CP 110 in a beam flexure test. A sleeve length of 12 bar diameters and an optimum average thickness of 2 mm of the bonding layer of epoxy are shown to develop the full strength of the splices bar. Tensile reinforcement bars spliced using epoxy-sleeve joints are shown to perform satisfactorily as flexural reinforcement in beams and compare favourably with the standard CP 110 lap splice. Epoxy-sleeve joints are shown to produce stiffer beams and reduced crack width at the joints.     

机械联接设计原则与特征描述方法

本文提出了联接设计中应遵循的６项原则,分析了联接的三种类型及常见的联接结构,简要介绍了联接的特征描述方法。     

Failure load prediction of structural adhesive joints : Part 2: Experimental study

The objective of this study was to determine how the fracture of adhesive joints depends on elastic beam parameters describing the adherends and the applied loads. The basic specimen geometry was the cracked lap shear joint constructed of aluminium alloy with various adherend and bondline thicknesses. Loads were applied in different combinations of bending, tension and shear to generate a failure envelope for each adhesive and specimen geometry. It was found that crack propagation for precracked specimens occured at a critical strain energy release rate but was also a function of the G_I/G_II ratio and the bondline thickness. The experiments also showed that the loads required to propagate a crack in a precracked specimen were always lower than the loads required to break the fillet. Hence, by treating uncracked joints as being cracked, where the fictitious crack tip is assumed to coincide with the location of the fillet, a conservative estimate of the failure load is obtained.     

Geometrically Non-Linear Analysis of Adhesively Bonded Double Containment Corner Joints

In cases where adhesively bonded joints may experience large displacements and rotations whilst the strains remain small, although all joint members behave elastically the small strain-small displacement (SSSD) theory cannot correctly predict the stresses and deformations in the adhesive joint members. Previous studies have shown that the small strain-large displacement theory considering the non-linear effects of the large displacements in the stresses and deformations has to be used in the analysis of adhesively bonded joints. In this study, the geometrical non-linear analysis of an adhesively bonded double containment corner joint was carried out using the incremental finite element method based on the small strain-large displacement (SSLD) theory. The objective of the study was to determine the effects of the large displacements on the adhesive and adherend stresses of the corner joint. Therefore, the corner joint was analysed for two different loading conditions; a compressive applied load, P_x, at the free end of the horizontal plate and one normal to the plane of the horizontal plate, P_y. The plates, support and adhesive layer were assumed to have elastic properties. In practice, the adhesive accumulations, called spew fillets, arising around the adhesive free ends were taken into account in the analysis since their presence results in a considerable decrease in the peak stresses around the free ends of the adhesive. The SSLD and SSSD analyses showed that the stress concentrations occurred around the free end of the adhesive, thus at the adherend (slot) corners inside the right vertical and the lower horizontal adhesive fillets, and inside the left vertical and the upper horizontal adhesive fillets for the loading conditions P_x and P_y, respectively. In addition, the plate regions around the adherend (slot) free ends along the outer fibres of the vertical and horizontal plates undergo very high stress concentrations. The SSLD analysis predicted a non-linear effect in the displacement and stress variations at the critical adhesive and plate locations, whereas the SSSD analysis showed their variations were lower and proportional to the applied incremental load. This non-linear effect became more evident for the loading condition P_x, whereas both analyses predicted very close displacement and stress variations in the adhesive fillets and in the horizontal plate for the loading condition P_y. As a result, the geometrical non-linear behaviour of the corner joint is strictly dependent on the loading condition and the large displacements affect the stress and deformation states in the joint members, and result in higher stresses than those predicted by the SSSD theory.     

Mechanical behaviour of a combined joint composed of mechanical fastening and adhesive bonding

A study has been made of ‘combined’ joints consisting of mechanical fastening and adhesive bonding between rigid adherends. The mechanical characteristics of such ‘hybrid’ butt and lap shear joints have been derived by theoretical analysis. Results from experimental tests in combined joints giver reasonable agreement with the theoretical equations relating joint load to deformation.     

Durability of Adhesion Between Metals and Polymers

Adequate adhesion between metals and polymers is primarily the result of chemical bonds in the boundary layer. This region, however, is subject to degradation by moisture. Three modes of deterioration are observed. The first is a largely reversible weakening effect in the polymer layer near the metal oxide surface. The structure of this layer differs from that of the bulk and is influenced by the chemical and physical properties of the surface. The second is a slow transformation of the oxide by hydration and a diffusion of oxide constituents into the polymer. This process is irreversible and is influenced by the state of the surface and chemical properties of the polymer. The third is a fast deterioration of the oxide by primary corrosion usually initiating at an unprotected edge but occasionally arising within the body of a joint.     

Yield in Adhesive Joints and Design of Zones with Constant Elastic Shear Stresses

Yield in adhesive joints has been investigated by several scientists among whom L. J. Hart-Smith¹ especially is to be mentioned.

In the following, a method is demonstrated which is based on a simple elastic-plastic model. It shows the distribution of stresses in the adhesive and gives a total picture of the development of the length of the yield zones and their strain as a function of load.

Methods are given for the design of adhesive joints with constant elastic shear stresses at their ends or throughout their whole length. These stresses are obtained by varying the thickness of the adherends, the adhesive, or a combination of both. The constant elastic shear stress zones can be designed to take into consideration all known factors as temperature and hardening stresses, moments, etc. The characteristic yield properties as well as internal stresses after yield and unloading are determined together with the modified stress distribution for a new load.     

循环加载下复合材料胶接面变形与破坏实验研究

复合材料胶接结构损伤变形和演化行为的实时表征对其服役的安全性和可靠性评估具有重要的意义。结合数字图像相关(Digital Image Correlation,简称"DIC")和声发射(Acoustic Emission,简称"AE")技术,研究循环拉伸加载条件下复合材料单搭接界面的损伤变形与破坏行为。依据单向拉伸失效载荷均值,取准静态破坏载荷的70%和80%分别进行循环拉伸加载实验。通过不同阶段复合材料胶接界面的损伤变形场、应变场信息及演化过程中获取的AE信号,分析循环加载下复合材料单搭接界面损伤破坏的力学机制与实时变形和AE特征信号的对应关系。结果表明,复合材料单搭接试件损伤破坏的实时微位移场特征和AE相对能量、撞击累积数及幅度谱等反映了胶接界面微裂纹的萌生及扩展行为。随应力水平的升高,复合材料单搭接试件破坏前的循环次数呈递减趋势。     

Fe-Mn-Si形状记忆合金管接头研究

采用Ｆｅ－２８Ｍｎ－４Ｓｉ（加Ｍｇ）形状记忆合金热轧无缝管制成管接头，管接头内径平均变形量５．６％时，形状恢复率为３８．６８％，管接头与被接管连接后，具有高的连接强度及良好的密封性，在材料试验机上需１．７５ｔ的力才能将连接好的被接管一端拉出，并且管接头承受４ＭＰａ压力不泄漏。