Adhesion Measurement Methods provides practical information on the most important measurement techniques, their unique advantages and disadvantages, and the selection of the proper method for a given application.

Features:

• Provides practical solutions to everyday problems, avoiding a highly complex treatment
• Details the most common and most important measurement methods, their advantages and disadvantages, and their usefulness for a specific application
• Considers measurement methods in regard to economic and time constraints faced in industrial settings
• Devotes an entire chapter to detailed examples of adhesion problems
• Contains a substantial bibliography of key scientific and engineering literature on adhesion measurement, organized by topic
• Includes appendices containing useful material property data, formulas for adhesion strength, and a guide to adhesion measuring equipment

Contents

Introduction

• What Is Adhesion and Can It Be Measured?
• Definition A: Criteria for a Truly Useful Definition of the Term Adhesion
• Definition B: Adhesion
• Comments on Nomenclature and Usage

Overview of Most Common Adhesion Measurement Methods

• Peel Test
• Advantages of the Peel Test
• Disadvantages of the Peel Test
• Tape Peel Test
• Advantages of the Tape Peel Test
• Disadvantages of the Tape Peel Test
• Pull Test
• Advantages of the Pull Test
• Disadvantages of the Pull Test
• Indentation Debonding Test
• Advantages of the Indentation Debonding Test
• Disadvantages of the Indentation Debonding Test
• Scratch Test
• Advantages of the Scratch Test
• Disadvantages of the Scratch Test
• Blister Test
• Advantages of the Blister Test
• Disadvantages of the Blister Test
• Beam-Bending Tests
• Three-Point Bend Test
• Four-Point Bend Test
• Standard Double Cantilevered Beam Test
• Tapered Double Cantilevered Beam Test
• Double-Cleavage Drilled Compression Test
• Brazil Nut Test
• Wedge Test
• Topple Beam Test
• Advantages of Beam-Bending Tests
• Disadvantages of Beam-Bending Tests
• Self-Loading Tests
• Circle Cut Test
• Modified Edge Liftoff Test
• Microstrip Test
• Advantages of Self-Loading Tests
• Disadvantages of Self-Loading Tests
• More Exotic Adhesion Measurement Methods
• Laser Spallation: Early Work
• Later Refined Experiments
• Laser-Induced Decohesion Spectroscopy Experiment
• Advantages of Laser Spallation Tests
• Disadvantages of Laser Spallation Test
• Electromagnetic Test
• Advantages of the Electromagnetic Test
• Disadvantages of the Electromagnetic Test
• Nondestructive Tests
• Dynamic Modulus Test
• Advantages of the Dynamic Modulus Test
• Disdvantages of the Dynamic Modulus Test
• Surface Acoustic Waves Test
• Advantages of the Surface Acoustic Waves Test
• Disadvantages of the Surface Acoustic Waves Test

Theoretical Foundations of Quantitative Adhesion Measurement Methods

• Introduction to Continuum Theory
• Concept of Stress in Solids
• Special Stress States and Stress Conditions
• Equation of Motion in Solids
• Deformation and Strain
• Constitutive Relations or Connecting the Stress to the Strain
• Simple Deformations
• Solving the Field Equations
• Uniaxial Tension
• Biaxial Tension
• Triaxial Stress Case
• Application to Simple Beams
• General Methods for Solving Field Equations of Elasticity
• Displacement Formulation
• Stress Formulation
• Mixed Formulation
• Numerical Methods
• Detailed Stress Behavior of a Flexible Coating on a Rigid Disk
• Strain Energy Principles
• The Marvelous Mysterious J Integral

Elementary Fracture Mechanics of Solids: Application to Problems of Adhesion

• Introductory Concepts
• Fracture Mechanics as Applied to Problems of Adhesion
• Elementary Computational Methods
• Decohesion Number Approach of Suo and Hutchinson
• Back-of-the-Envelope Calculations

Applied Adhesion Testing

• The Peel Test
• Sample Preparation
• Test Equipment
• Peel Testing in Action
• Advanced Peel Testing
• Thermodynamics of the Peel Test
• Deformation Calorimetry
• Fully Quantitative Peel Testing
• Earliest Work, Elastic Analysis
• Elastic-Plastic Analysis
• Full Elastic-Plastic Analysis
• The Scratch/Cut Test
• The Cut Test
• Simplified Analytical Model for Cut Test
• The Pull Test

Adhesion Aspects of Coating and Thin Film Stresses

• General Measurement Methods for Thin Films and Coatings
• Cantilevered Beam Method
• Variations on Bending Beam Approach
• Optical Measurement of Deflection
• X-ray Measurements
• Ultrasonics
• Photoelasticity
• Strain Relief Methods
• Magnetics
• Raman Spectroscopy
• Miscellaneous Methods

Case Studies from the Field

• A Study in Adhesion Sensitivity to Contamination
• Case of the Improperly Cured Film
• Case of the Stressed Pin
• Stability Maps

Index

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