Continuing interest and more developments in recent years indicated that it would be useful
to update Banea and da Silva paper entitled “Adhesively bonded joints in composite …

The use of adhesive joints has gathered increasing interest in recent years due to their
advantages over conventional bonding techniques, namely lighter structures and decreased …

The application of adhesively bonded joints in automotive industry has increased
significantly in recent years mainly because of the potential for lighter weight vehicles, fuel …

The tensile performance of adhesively bonded CFRP joints has been investigated
experimentally. In this study, overlap length, adherend thickness, adherend width and scarf …

The study of the behaviour of adhesive joints under impact loadings is a very active field of
research, driven by significant industrial interest. Many industries, such as the automotive …

With expanding use of multi-materials in vehicle components for attaining light-weighting
structures, growing interests have been refilled in the adhesive bonding technique …

The use of adhesives to bond metallic and composite structural components has increased
substantially over the last decades. The aim of this work is to understand and predict the …

Due to the increasing usage of bonded joints in engineering structures and the fact that they
sustain cyclic loads during their working life, it is crucial to estimate fatigue life with …

This study experimentally investigates the combined effect of several parameters on the
fatigue behaviour of adhesive bonded single lap joints, including: substrate material (steel …

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 …