A considerable weight reduction in thermoset-based composite is attained by replacing
mechanical fasteners with a structural adhesive during the secondary bonding. The quality …

Self-healing and healable Fibre Reinforced Polymer composites (FRPs) have tremendous
potential in reducing the weight and increasing the lifetime of aerospace structures. While …

The paper deals with experimental and numerical analysis of end-notched flexure (ENF) test
of GRFP unidirectional laminates. The numerical analyses were performed in the ANSYS® …

Technologies to control and reduce delamination damage in fibre reinforced polymer
composites involve the use of fibre optic sensors and self-healing polymers, respectively …

Adhesively bonded joints are used in many applications which are dynamically loaded.
Thus, excellent fatigue properties of the adhesive, especially under fracture mode II, are …

Various contents of nickel coated carbon nanotube added sintered silver joints are
fabricated through mechanical alloying. An analytical method is presented to compute the …

We improve mode II fracture toughness of secondary bonded joints based on the laser
treatment of adherend surfaces. We applied CO 2 Laser treatment to adherend surface …

The mode II fracture toughness of secondary bonded joints can be improved by creating
tailored sacrificial cracks inside the adhesive. To this end, we inserted a PTFE film inside the …

This paper presents an experimental study of the composite beams with elastic couplings
subjected to the end-notched flexure (ENF) test. The object of research were carbon/epoxy …

This paper aims to discuss the effect mode II type tests have on the cohesive law of bonded
joints. For this reason, an objective inverse method has been developed to extract the …