Investigation of the structural behaviors under the eccentric loading of adhesively bonded composite materials

Mechanical behaviors of adhesive tape VHB 4950 (3MTM) elastomeric material, which is an element of acrylic polymer group and which is in viscoelastic behavior, under different pre-stress conditions eccentric forces of different geometric parameters created by eccentric loadings have been experimentally and numerically investigated. In experimental studies, loading-unloading cyclic tests, one of the different standardized tests for the mechanical characterization of viscoelastic material, have been applied which give the most suitable convergent optimization parameters for the finite element model. Different material models were also investigated by using the data obtained from loading-unloading test results in all numerical models. According to the experimental results, the most suitable material parameters were determined with the Abaqus Parallel Rheological Framework Model (PRF) for 4 Yeoh Networks with Bergstrom-Boyce Flow model created in the Mcalibration® software for finite element analysis. Subsequently, using these material parameters, finite element analysis was performed as three dimension non-linear viscoelastic with a commercial finite element software Abaqus®/Explicit. The finite element analysis results showed good correlation to the Force (N)-Displacement (mm) experimental data for maximum load-carrying capacity of structural specimens.