A Fatigue Fracture Study on TDCB Aluminum Foam Specimen of Type Mode III Bonded with Adhesive

• Main Authors: Lee J.H., Cho J.U.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Polish Academy of Sciences 2017-06-01
• Series: Archives of Metallurgy and Materials
• Subjects: Aluminum foam; Fatigue fracture; Fatigue analysis; Load; Mode III type; Specimen thickness
• Online Access: http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/amm.2017.62.issue-2/amm-2017-0208/amm-2017-0208.xml?format=INT

This paper studies the characteristics of junction structure of closed-cell type aluminum foam, which is generally used as a shock absorber. TDCB specimens were designed for mode III type with thickness as a variable and performed a fatigue experiment on them by thickness. As the result, the load value of all specimens peaks under 0 to 25 cycles and decreases as the cycles increase. As the specimen thickens by 10 mm, the maximum load value is 1.2 times. When the thickness increases by 20 mm, the maximum value increases by 1.5 times. This study result can be utilized by investigating the mechanical characteristics of TDCB specimens for mode III type under fatigue loading conditions systematically and efficiently.