Mechanical behaviour of Transparent Structural Silicone Adhesive (TSSA) steel-to-glass laminated connections under monotonic and cyclic loading

Steel-to-glass laminated connections, which have recently been developed, limit stress intensifications on the glass and combine strength and transparency. Transparent Structural Silicone Adhesive (TSSA) connections have been used in several projects worldwide; however, the hyperelastic and viscoelastic nature of the material has to date not...

An Investigation on Leakage Behaviour of Seals for Aerospace Applications

This research, performed at Airbus Defence and Space Ground System Test Engineering department in Seville, Spain, is a part of ELDAS (Engineering for Leak Detection in Aircraft Systems) project. It deals with carrying out an investigation on the leak behaviour of the sealing systems used in an aircraft particularly A400M. The sealing integrity...

Constitutive modelling of hyperelastic rubber-like materials

The simulation of rubber-like material behaviour by means of the finite element method has been described in this study. Proper material models were selected for the numerical description of static hyper-elasticity. The combinations of a continuum damage mechanics concept and a pseudo-elastic concept with Gao's elastic law were used to simulate...

Computational modelling of rubber-like materials under monotonic and cyclic loading

The simulation of rubber-like material behaviour by means of the finite element method has been described in this study. Proper material models for the numerical description of static hyper-elasticity, the ideal Mullins effect and the Mullins effect with permanent deformation were proposed, respectively. The second focus of this study was the...