Title: Design a single overlap support plate for bonded and weld-bonded T-peel joints

Authors: Wadea Ameen; A.M. Alsamhan; S.M. Darwish

Addresses: Industrial Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia; Raytheon Chair for Systems Engineering (RCSE Chair), Advanced Manufacturing Institute, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia ' Industrial Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia ' Industrial Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

Abstract: In this study, a T-peel joint test is used to evaluate the resistance of bonded and weld-bonded joints to a peeling load. Bonded and weld-bonded peel joints have poor strength with respect to peeling loading. In the current study, experimental methods are proposed to study the strength enhancement by introducing a single overlap support for a T-peel joint. The results indicate that the peel strength enhancement increases significantly with the introduction of a single overlap support. Also, the strength enhancement further increases with increases in the overlap support length.

Keywords: peel joint; bonded joint; weld-bonded joint; peel strength.

DOI: 10.1504/IJDE.2019.104127

International Journal of Design Engineering, 2019 Vol.9 No.1, pp.51 - 64

Received: 21 Mar 2019
Accepted: 16 Sep 2019
Published online: 14 Dec 2019 *

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