Most of the adhesive joint strength can be expressed as a constant value of the intensity of singular stress
field (ISSF). The detail microscopic observation showed the adhesive fracture is cohesive and most of the
facture surface is close to the interface. This is because typical fracture pattern such as mirror, mist and
hackle pattern can be seen for butt joint and feather pattern can be seen for scarf joint. For the scarf joint, the
characteristic feather pattern can be seen due to the large shear stress at the interface. For both scarf and butt
joints, it is seen that the fracture originates from microcracks about 20μm depth at the interface edge. When
the adhesive thickness is larger than 5mm, the adhesive strength is smaller because the fracture occurs across
the adhesive layer and no fracture near the interface.