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A fracture analysis of cathodic delamination in rubber to metal bonds

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The purpose of this paper is to provide a method of characterizing the resistance of various adhesives and surface preparations to cathodic delamination using a fracture mechanics approach. The approach is quite similar to that taken in the stress corrosion cracking of metals although no direct accouting is made of the diffusion processes that are involved. The main emphasis is on the large deformation analysis, including the nonlinear material behavior of the rubber, that is required for determining fracture parameters for correlation with debond growth rates.

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L'objet de cette étude est de proposer une méthode de caractérisation de la résistance de divers adhésifs et préparation de surface au décollement d'une couche de caoutchouc déposée sur un substrat métallique sous potential cathodique. L'approche est très voisine de celle adoptée en corrosion fissurante des métaux, bien que l'on ne tienne pas directement compte (Réf. 2) du processus de diffusion qui y est impliqué. L'accent principal est placé sur l'analyse des grandes déformations, prenant en compte le comportement non linéaire que présente le matériau caoutchouc, qui sont nécessaires à la détermination des paramètres de rupture, en vue d'une correlation avec la vitesse de croissance du décollement.

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Liechti, K.M., Becker, E.B., Lin, C. et al. A fracture analysis of cathodic delamination in rubber to metal bonds. Int J Fract 39, 217–234 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00047451

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