STRESS-SOLVOLYTIC FAILURE OF AN ADHESIVE BOND

Stress solvolytic failure of an adhesive bond in an aqueous environment has been studied. Utilizing a beam specimen, with a precracked epoxide adhesive bond, static loads were applied and the interfacial cracking was observed. The interface cracking was independent of the center of bond precrack and occurred at an applied load which was twenty percent of the failure force. © 1969 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.