| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/M52403/01 |
| Title: |
MODELLING & PREDICTING THE IMPACT BEHAVIOUR OF ADHESIVELY-BONDED JOINTS IN AUTOMOTIVE STRUCTURES |
| Principal Investigator: |
Ivankovic, Professor A |
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| Department: |
Mechanical Engineering |
| Organisation: |
Imperial College London |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 October 1999 |
Ends: |
31 October 2002 |
Value (£): |
232,935
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Materials Characterisation |
Materials testing & eng. |
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| EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications: |
| Aerospace, Defence and Marine |
Manufacturing |
| Transport Systems and Vehicles |
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Adhesives for automotive applications are normally based on structural toughened epoxy, and a major handicap to their wider acceptance in automotive industry is the problem of the impact behaviour of adhesive joints. The assessment of structural integrity of adhesively-bonded automotive structures is an extremely complex problem: it involves the modelling of transient large deformations of large body-panel structure, coupled with deformation and dynamic fracture of a thin layer of adhesive. In order to predict the failure of such structures one has to establish:1. The behaviour of the adhesive and body panel materials under impact conditions.2. The criteria for cohesive failures in the adhesive and for failures at the adhesive/panel interface.Thus our overall objective is a systematic, combined experimental-computational solution to a problem of immediate importance to UK car manufacturers. For a specific situation of major industrial importance - ie the impact behaviour of adhesively-bonded joints in automotive structures - we aim to progress from modelling laboratory test specimens, through modelling of small scale tests, to an integrated numerical system capable of predicting the behaviour of adhesively-bonded joints under impact as would be employed in the front section of an automobile.
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