Print Email Facebook Twitter Modelling of membrane bonding response Title Modelling of membrane bonding response: Part 2 finite element simulations of membrane adhesion tests Author Liu, X. (TU Delft Pavement Engineering) Kasbergen, C. (TU Delft Pavement Engineering) Li, J (TU Delft Sanitary Engineering) Scarpas, Athanasios (TU Delft Pavement Engineering) Tzimiris, G. (TU Delft Pavement Engineering) Date 2020 Abstract The adhesive bonding strength of the membrane layers between the asphalt concrete surface layers and the decks of steel bridges has a strong influence on the fatigue life of orthotropic steel deck bridges (OSDBs). The interfacial properties between the membrane and the layers bonded to it have not been extensively studied in the current orthotropic steel deck bridge system. For the adequate characterisation of the adhesive-bonding strength of various membranes and surrounding materials on OSDBs and for the collection of the necessary parameters for finite element model, details of the membrane adhesion test (MAT) are introduced and simulated by using the adhesive traction-separation interface element which was developed in a companion paper to this contribution (Liu, X., Kasbergen, C., Li, J., & Scarpas, A. (2019). Modelling of membrane bonding response: part 1 development of an adhesive contact interface element. International Journal of Pavement Engineering). Parametric studies of the adhesive contact element utilised for modelling the membrane bonding layer in the MAT test have been performed on the basis of the combination of different critical strain energy release rates and the characteristic opening length in the constitutive model. Comparison of membrane deformation profiles and the in-time debonding force distribution between experimental observations and finite element simulations have been presented. Subject Adhesive bonding strengthasphalt concretecontact interface elementfinite elementmembraneorthotropic steel deck bridgesstrain energy release rate To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:82cb5742-4e6d-499e-b41c-95fb4cd3bbd9 DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2020.1763993 ISSN 1029-8436 Source The International Journal of Pavement Engineering, 23 (3), 626-637 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2020 X. Liu, C. Kasbergen, J Li, Athanasios Scarpas, G. Tzimiris Files PDF Modelling_of_membrane_bon ... _tests.pdf 4.63 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:82cb5742-4e6d-499e-b41c-95fb4cd3bbd9/datastream/OBJ/view