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Rate Dependent Adhesion Energy and Nonsteady Peeling of Inextensible Tapes
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Elastomer based pressure sensitive adhesives used in various peeling applications are viscoelastic and expected to be rate sensitive. The effects of varying peel velocity on adhesion energy and its dependence on the peel ...
Guiding and Trapping Cracks With Compliant Inclusions for Enhancing Toughness of Brittle Composite Materials
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: The problem of toughening heterogeneous materials with a stiff matrix and compliant inclusions is investigated through numerical simulations and experiments. Specifically, the problem of optimizing a combination of effective ...