The thickness effect in adhesively bonded joints: an experimental study
conference paper
It is known that bond line thickness has an effect on the strength of adhesively bonded joints. However, most of the work done in this area focussed on bond lines up to 3 mm thick. In this paper the thickness effect is studied of bond lines up to 10 mm thick, which is a typical thickness for civil infrastructure and maritime applications. An experimental programme has been created to study Araldite 2015 double lap bonded joints with varying thicknesses loaded in shear. These experiments are described and the effect of bond line thickness on bond strength, deformation capacity and failure mode is discussed. The experiments show that an increasing bond line thickness leads to a reduction in both strength and deformation capacity and to a change in failure mode
TNO Identifier
873244
Source title
Presentatie Adhesion 2019, 3-5 September in Bristol
Pages
1-4
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