Issue 46

A. Akhavan-Safar et alii, Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 46 (2018) 266-274; DOI: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.46.24 271 between the particles and the matrix. In addition, it should be noted that by increasing the density of particles, the possibility of agglomeration of the particles increase as well. Figure 7 : Maximum strength of bulk specimens with different cork volume fraction [14]. 1/cork 1% cork Figure 8 : Micrographs of fracture surfaces of the SLJs with neat adhesive and with 1% cork. Figure 9 : Average shear stresses of SLJs with different overlap lengths and various volume fractions of cork particles.