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Influence of bondline brittleness and defects on the strength of timber finger-joints

Serrano, Erik LU orcid and Gustafsson, Per-Johan LU (1999) In International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives 19(1). p.9-17
Abstract
Numerical finite element results on the mechanical behaviour of finger-joints for laminated timber products are presented. Simulations are based on a nonlinear fracture mechanics description of the bondlines in the finger-joints. It is shown that, for a commonly used resorcinol–phenol adhesive, there is potential of increasing substantially the finger-joint strength by increasing the fracture energy of the bond. However, even a single, small glueline void can have a considerable influence on reducing the joint strength.
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10.1016/S0143-7496(98)00048-7
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  abstract     = {{Numerical finite element results on the mechanical behaviour of finger-joints for laminated timber products are presented. Simulations are based on a nonlinear fracture mechanics description of the bondlines in the finger-joints. It is shown that, for a commonly used resorcinol–phenol adhesive, there is potential of increasing substantially the finger-joint strength by increasing the fracture energy of the bond. However, even a single, small glueline void can have a considerable influence on reducing the joint strength.}},
  author       = {{Serrano, Erik and Gustafsson, Per-Johan}},
  issn         = {{0143-7496}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{9--17}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives}},
  title        = {{Influence of bondline brittleness and defects on the strength of timber finger-joints}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0143-7496(98)00048-7}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/S0143-7496(98)00048-7}},
  volume       = {{19}},
  year         = {{1999}},
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