Non-linear double-peeling: experimental vs. theoretical predictions

TL;DR

This study compares experimental and theoretical analyses of double peeling in non-linear adhesive tapes, revealing a limiting peeling angle and force, with the model accounting for tape properties and confirming stability conditions.

Contribution

The paper introduces a new theoretical model for double peeling that incorporates non-linear adhesive behavior and validates it with experimental data.

Findings

Peeling angle stabilizes at a limiting value during detachment.

The limiting peeling angle depends on tape geometry, stiffness, and interfacial energy.

Solutions with angles below the limit are unstable.

Abstract

The double peeling of detachment of non-linear adhesive tapes from a flat Poly(methylmethacrylate) (PMMA) surface has been investigated from both experimental and theoretical point of view. Double peeling tests show that, as the detachment process advances, the peeling angle stabilizes on a limiting value {\theta}lim corresponding to a critical pull-off force Fc above which the tape is completely detached from the substrate. This observed behavior is in good agreement with results obtained following the new theory of multiple peeling and taking into account the hardening-softening non-linear behavior of the experimentally tested adhesive tapes and clarifies some aspects of the experimental data. In particular, the theoretical model shows that the value of the limiting peeling angle depends on the geometry of the adhesive tape as well as on the stiffness properties and on the interfacial energy {\Delta}{\gamma}. Finally, theoretical predictions confirm that solutions with a peeling angle lower than {\theta}lim are unstable.