Simulation of Dampers Made of Viscoelastic Materials

Technical Physics - Taking damping into account in the problems of structural dynamics is an important and nontrivial problem. Its complexity is primarily determined by the required specification...     

Cumulative $${\pi}$$ -Mesons in $${}^{{12}}{C}{+}{}^{{9}}$$ Be-Interactions at 3.2 GeV/Nucleon

Physics of Atomic Nuclei - In the FRAGM experiment at the heavy-ion accelerator $$-$$ accumulator complex ITEP $$-$$ TWA, yields of cumulative charged $$\pi$$ mesons have been measured in a...     

Raman Scattering Study of Natural and Synthetic Compounds Containing Polyene Chains

Doklady Physics - The dependence of Raman spectra of the molecules containing polyene chains on the conjugation length, structure of side and end groups, and isomer type is analyzed theoretically.     

Multiplication Factor for Subcritical Multiplying System and the Efficiency of Source Neutrons

Physics of Atomic Nuclei - In this paper, the analysis of the relation between the multiplication factor of neutrons of the multiplying system measured in critical experiments and the system...     

Localized Plastic Deformation of Metal-Intermetallic Laminated Composites after Equal Channel Angular Pressing

Russian Physics Journal - The paper presents mathematical simulation of localized plastic deformation of metal-intermetallic laminated composites after equal channel angular pressing. Deformation...     

Polarization-Modulation Methods for Determining the Roll and Bearing Angles of an Aircraft using a Rotating Quarter-Wave Phase Plate

Russian Physics Journal - A polarization-modulation method for simultaneous determination of the navigation bearing and roll parameters of an aircraft from orthogonally linearly polarized beacon...     

Transformation of the Microwave Resonance Properties of Metastructures with CdS and CdSe at One- and Two-Photon Excitation

JETP Letters - Photonically controlled metastructures containing resonant conducting dipole and chiral elements with CdS and CdSe in gaps have been proposed, implemented, and studied in a waveguide...     

Method of Personalization of Photopolymer Security Holograms Based on Recording Hidden Encoded Digital Images

Optics and Spectroscopy - The scope of problems of embedding personal data when copying holograms on a photopolymer substrate with the maximum preservation of the region of a hologram during its...     

Fundamental Groups of Graphs of Cyclic Subgroup Separable and Weakly Potent Groups

We give a characterization of the cyclic subgroup separability and weak potency of the fundamental group of a graph of polycyclic-by-finite groups and free-by-finite groups amalgamating edge subgroups of the form × D,where h has infinite order and D is finite.     

A Modular Peel Fixture for Tape Peel Tests on Immovable Substrates

Background

Peel tests are frequently used to perform measurements of adhesive strength for pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) tapes. Current lab methodologies for 90° peel tests translate the model substrate orthogonally to the peel direction in order to maintain the peel angle, precluding testing from immovable substrates.

Objective

It was our objective to develop a peel fixture capable of testing temporary pavement marking (TPM) tapes and other PSA tapes from immovable substrates such as roadways surfaces.

Methods

We present a modular peel fixture for conducting peel experiments directly on immovable substrates. The fixture was validated through a series of peel tests on consumer tapes to reproduce the linear width dependence and viscoelastic rate dependence found in traditional peeling setups. To test the capabilities of the fixture, a series of peel tests were conducted with various tapes on controlled surfaces, and a commercial tape on various immovable substrates.

Results

We demonstrate the ability of our fixture to reproduce results reported for traditional peel tests from literature. In addition, we were able to conduct peel tests directly on immovable substrates such as the benchtop.

Conclusions

This fixture shows potential for both traditional peeling tests, and for use in in-situ peel experiments from substrates relevant to the end application of the PSA tape.