Experimental and Numerical Failure Analysis of Adhesive Composite Joints

Table 2

Average critical fracture loads Pc (𝑁) for the DCB specimens with different crack lengths.

	Test	Crack length (mm)
		30	40	50	60	70	80	90
Critical load (𝑁)	1	102	82.5	70.5	62	47.5	42	35
	2	90	91	69	58.8	50	39	38
	3	94	83	65	61	51.5	42.5	29.5
Average		95.3	85.5	68.17	60.6	49.7	41.17	34.17