Description
Book SynopsisAdhesive Bonding Technology and Testing Comprehensive resource that provides insight into the purpose and design of experiments for adhesive bonding, joint design and strength prediction
This book provides support for those practicing and teaching adhesive bonding and enables them to understand and design laboratorial courses and experiments. To aid in reader comprehension and information retention, a selected set of problems with corresponding solutions is included, which helps readers to develop a deep understanding of the subject matter. Written by five highly qualified professionals in the field of adhesive bonding, sample topics covered in the book include:
- Practical demonstrations of adhesive bonding, plus discussion on the advantages and disadvantages of the technique
- Detailed laboratorial activities that pertain to adhesive bonding
- The manufacturing of defect-free bonded joints
- The effects of geometry and materials properties in adhesive joint testing, surface preparation, joint design, and strength prediction
This book is an essential resource for chemists, engineers, and students/instructors in related programs of study who wish to conduct better and more efficient experiments that pertain to adhesive bonding and related concepts.
Table of ContentsPart A: Instructions for practical demonstrations of adhesive bonding
Adhesive tape
Wetting of different surfaces
Use of superglue to highlight the importance of substrate and environmental conditions
Stresses in a rubber model
Water break test
Plasma treatment and dyne pens
Visual identification of defects
Tap test
Study of real joints used in aeronautical applications
Study of real joints used in automotive applications
Study of real joints used in shipbuilding
Part B: Laboratorial activities on adhesive bonding and report examples
Effect of surface treatment on the strength of bonded joints
Effect of adhesive type in the strength of bonded joints
Effect of adhesive thickness in the performance of bonded joints
Effect of the overlap length on the strength of bonded joints
Mechanical performance of bonded joints bonded with composites
Design of a real bonded joint for service under fatigue conditions
Design of a real bonded joint for service in harsh environmental conditions
Mechanical characterization of a structural adhesive
Part C: Exercises and problems in adhesive bonding
Advantages, disadvantages and applications of adhesive bonding
Surface preparation
Main families of adhesives and their characteristics
Manufacture process of bonded joints
Quality control procedures
Environment health and safety
Design of bonded joints
Durability of bonded joints
