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Journal of Adhesion, Vol.92, No.1, 65-79, 2016
Novel Method to Measure the Creep Strength of Adhesively Bonded Butt Joints Subjected to Constant Loading Using a Hydro-Pneumatic Testing Machine
This article proposes a new method to measure the creep strength of adhesively bonded joints using a hydro-pneumatic testing machine and a specimen bolder, on which multi-specimens can be mounted in one testing machine. Creep tests were conducted on stainless steel butt joints bonded with epoxy adhesives. A hydro-pneumatic loading system was introduced to avoid successive failures of multi-specimens as well as to achieve a stable and constant loading through the experiments. Even after a failure occurs in one of the joints and thus generates an impact, the loading system is capable of absorbing the shock so that the other remaining joints do not fail simultaneously. It was experimentally verified that choke valves, which were introduced in the hydraulic circuit of the system, worked as a damper when failure occurred. Additionally, it was established that automatic reloading to the remaining specimens after the failure was short enough compared with the creep rupture time. As this new method relates to the efficiency of creep testing, the utility of the proposed approach with the multi-specimen setup has been verified.
Keywords:Butt joints;Creep/mechanical relaxation;Epoxy/epoxides;Hydro-pneumatic testing machine;Multi-specimens