Composites have been used extensively in various engineering applications including
automotive, aerospace, and building industries. Hybrid composites made from two or more …

The use of carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) materials is increasing in many different
industries, such as those operating in the aviation, marine, and automotive sectors. In these …

Adhesive bonding is used to fabricate structures of complex shape that could not be
manufactured in one piece. In many high performance structures, joints between composite …

The present work is dedicated to the study of single and double-lap repairs on composite
materials, using the ABAQUS® software and special developed interface finite elements …

The available techniques for strength prediction of bonded joints have improved over the
years. Cohesive zone models (CZM) coupled to finite element method (FEM) analyses …

The present paper compares the tensile shear strength of single-lap joints with different
adherends. Three materials were combined in the single lap joints: a carbon/epoxy …

The effect of adhesive thickness on tensile and shear strength of a polyimide adhesive has
been investigated. Tensile and shear tests were carried out using butt and single lap joints …

Joining by adhesively bonded methods is being increasingly used in the design of
mechanical structures, because of the significant benefits of this technique compared to the …

In this study, the backface strain (BFS) is measured by both digital image correlation (DIC)
and fiber optic sensors (FOS) to detect the crack initiation and propagation in adhesively …

This work presents a two-dimensional numerical analysis to assess the influence of several
geometric changes on the tensile residual strength of repaired CFRP composite plates. The …