InhaltsangabeMANUFACTURE OF QUALITY SPECIMENS Preparing Bulk Specimens by Hydrostatic Pressure Preparing Bulk Specimens by Injection Preparing Bulk Specimens by Pouring Preparing Lap Joints with Flat Adherends SimpleMethods for the Preparation of Single Lap Joints Specimens Preparing Thick Adherend Shear Test Specimens Modified Thick Adherend Shear Test Preparing Butt Joints Preparing Napkin Ring Specimens Preparing T Joint Specimens Preparing Flexible-to-Rigid Peel Specimens Preparing Specimens for Fracture Properties: Double Cantilever Beam and Tapered Double Cantilever Beam Preparing Bonded Wood Double Cantilever Beam (DCB) Specimens Modified Arcan Test QUASISTATIC CONSTITUTIVE AND STRENGTH TESTS QuasiStatic Testing of Bulk Tensile Specimens Uniaxial and Bulk Compression QuasiStatic Testing of Bulk Compression on Flat Specimens Iosipescu (VNotched Beam) Test Arcan (VNotched Plate) Test QuasiStatic Testing of Butt Joints in Tension Shear Properties of Adhesives Measured by Napkin Rings and Solid Butt Joints in Torsion QuasiStatic Testing of Thick Adherend Shear Test Specimens Modified Thick Adherend Shear Test QuasiStatic Testing of Lap Joints Modified Arcan Test PinandCollar Test Method QUASISTATIC FRACTURE TESTS Measuring Bulk Fracture Toughness QuasiStatic Fracture Tests: Double Cantilever Beam and Tapered Double Cantilever Beam Testing EndNotched Flexure Mode II Fracture Characterization of Bonded Joints Using the ELS Test The Notched Torsion Test to Determine the Mode III Fracture Properties of Adhesives Other Mixed Mode Adhesive Fracture Test Specimens Compact Mixed Mode (CMM) Fracture Test Method Mixed Mode Bending (MMB) with a Reeder and Crews Fixture Mixed Mode Fracture Testing Fracture of Wood Double Cantilever Beam (DCB) Specimens The TPeel Test Peel Testing at 180¿ The Floating Roller Peel Test Climbing Drum Peel Test The Analysis of Peel Tests HIGHER RATE AND IMPACT TESTS Dynamic Elastic Modulus The Pendulum Impact Test for Adhesives and Adhesive Joints Higher Rate and Impact Tests: Fracture at High Rates HighStrainRate Testing of Adhesive Specimens and Joints by Hopkinson Bar Technique Clamped Hopkinson Bar Testing of Adhesive Bonds under Peel and Shear Loads at Increased Velocities DURABILITY Measurement of the Diffusion Coefficient Tests with Moisture Durability Testing Using Open-Faced Specimens Tests with Temperature The Wedge Test Fatigue MixedMode Fatigue Testing of Adhesive Joints Measurement of Time-Dependent Crack Growth Curvature Mismatch Fracture Test for Subcritical Debonding OTHER TEST METHODS Thermal Characterization Dynamic Mechanical Analysis with a Vibrating Beam Method Bimaterial Curvature Method for Residual Stress and Thermal Expansion Coefficient Determination The PullOff Test ShaftLoaded Blister Test Tests under Hydrostatic Pressure INDEX

Lucas F.M. da Silva (left) is Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP). David A. Dillard (right) is the Adhesive and Sealant Science Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Virginia Tech. Bamber R.K. Blackman (left) holds a lectureship in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London where he is also Deputy Director of Research. Robert D. Adams (right) is an Emeritus Professor of Applied Mechanics at the University of Bristol and a Visiting Professor of the University of Oxford.