Research Article

A Comparative Evaluation of Numerical and Analytical Solutions to the Biadhesive Single-Lap Joint

Table 3

Percent error between analytical and numerical results for the peel peak stresses.

Percent error (%)
At the contact interfacesAt the overlap edges

2-D FEA
−111.46−8.03
11.41−9.12
−10.57−8.18
−24.57−7.94
3-D FEA
−408.867
10.875.16
−8.285.78
−48.855.98