The use of adhesive joints has increased rapidly in the past decades. Driven by the growing
demand for lightweight structures, composite adherends have increased in popularity …

Over the past two decades, fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites have gradually
gained wide acceptance in civil engineering applications due to their unique advantages …

The need to design lightweight structures and the increased use of lightweight materials in
industrial fields, have led to wide use of adhesive bonding. Recent work relating to finite …

This book covers the behavior and design of fiber-reinforced polymer strengthened metallic
structures based on existing international research. It outlines the applications, existing …

The study proposes a novel concept of a curved single lap joint (SLJ) with non-uniform
adhesive thickness to reduce stress concentrations near overlap edges. Experimental and …

The strengthening of existing structures using bonded fiber reinforced polymer laminates
has attracted a great deal of attention in recent years. However, when compared with …

The strengthening and repair of existing structures using bonded carbon fiber reinforced
polymer, CFRP, laminates has attracted a great deal of attention in the past two decades. A …

Increasing applications of adhesively bonded joints require understanding of the stress
distribution along the bond-line and the stresses that are responsible for the joint failure. The …

In the past few decades, the development of aircraft engines has targeted high bypass ratios
and lightweight construction. The use of lighter and larger fan blades can facilitate the …

The effect of conventional inside and outside tapers was addressed considering angles of
30°, 45° and 60°. The strain state of the joints was analyzed with an optical technique and …