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Uniaxial time-dependent creep and cycled stress behavior of a standard and toughened film adhesive were studied experimentally. Both adhesives exhibited progressive accumulation of strain from an applied cycled stress. Creep tests were fit to a viscoelastic power law model at three different applied stresses which showed nonlinear response in both adhesives. A third order nonlinear power law model with a permanent strain component was used to describe the creep behavior of both adhesives and to predict creep recovery and the accumulation of strain due to cycled stress. Permanent strain was observed at high stress but only up to 3% of the maximum strain. Creep recovery was under predicted by the nonlinear model, while cycled stress showed less than 3% difference for the first cycle but then over predicted the response above 1000 cycles by 4–14% at high stress. The results demonstrate the complex response observed with structural adhesives, and the need for further analytical advancements to describe their behavior.
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This research was supported by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Joint Center for Aerospace Technology Innovation (JCATI), Advanced Materials in Transport Aircraft Structures (AMTAS), and The Boeing Company.
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Lemme, D., Smith, L. Ratcheting in a nonlinear viscoelastic adhesive. Mech Time-Depend Mater 22, 519–532 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11043-017-9374-8
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