Application of Vibrating Beam Method to Determine Dynamic Properties of Flexible Adhesives

Abstract

Nowadays, ductile adhesives are entering the arena of structural applications due to their high strains to failure that is able to tolerate possible stress—strain concentrations, and due to their high damping performance, which is useful for energy dissipation. In this article, dynamic properties of such an adhesive are investigated using a vibrating beam technique with free—free end conditions. For the measurements of flexural modulus and damping values of the adhesive, the free layer beam configuration with different layer thicknesses was used. It is shown that the technique is able to give the consistent results and the data can be used for design purposes. The results suggest that the dynamic properties of the adhesive are frequency dependent at room temperature, which means the adhesive has a viscoelastic behavior.

Keywords

dynamic properties flexural modulus damping vibrating beam test free layer beam.

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