Size Effect of the Adhesive Bonding Strengths of Metal/Polymer Similar and Dissimilar Material Joints

The relationship between the adhesive bonding strengths and the bonding areas (sizes) is important for material and structural designs, because adhesive bonding is widely used not only in small scale electronic devices, but also in large-scale composite–metal joints of modern aircraft/ship structures. Therefore, a systematic experimental investigation on adhesive bonding strengths of polymer/polymer, metal/metal, and polymer/metal joints was conducted. Results show that the size effect of the bonding strengths is small for the current bonding areas (from 30 to 300 mm²), which are widely employed in most of the test standards for engineering designs.     

NA—5聚氨酯胶粘剂对金属粘接强度的影响

以ＮＡ－５型氨酯胶粘剂作为金属五ＰＵ弹性胶料之间的胶粘剂，制作钢／ＰＵ橡胶／铝静件。研究了影响制件粘接强度的主要因素，给出了ＮＡ－５最佳粘接工艺。     

磷化处理对金属胶接接头拉剪强度的影响

以结构钢为研究对象,对常用磷化液的各主要成份对胶接接头拉剪强度的影响进行了研究并进行了优化,结果指出,采用本文的磷化液对被粘件进行表面处理,可使胶接接头的拉剪强度在现有常规处理工艺的基础上得到一定程度的提高。     

Adhesive Selection for Single Lap Bonded Joints: Experimentation and Advanced Techniques for Strength Prediction

The integrity of multi-component structures is usually determined by their unions. Adhesive-bonding is often used over traditional methods because of the reduction of stress concentrations, reduced weight penalty, and easy manufacturing. Commercial adhesives range from strong and brittle (e.g., Araldite® AV138) to less strong and ductile (e.g., Araldite® 2015). A new family of polyurethane adhesives combines high strength and ductility (e.g., Sikaforce® 7888). In this work, the performance of the three above-mentioned adhesives was tested in single lap joints with varying values of overlap length (L_O). The experimental work carried out is accompanied by a detailed numerical analysis by finite elements, either based on cohesive zone models (CZM) or the extended finite element method (XFEM). This procedure enabled detailing the performance of these predictive techniques applied to bonded joints. Moreover, it was possible to evaluate which family of adhesives is more suited for each joint geometry. CZM revealed to be highly accurate, except for largely ductile adhesives, although this could be circumvented with a different cohesive law. XFEM is not the most suited technique for mixed-mode damage growth, but a rough prediction was achieved.     

Effect of Adherend Recessing on the Tensile Strength of Single Lap Joints

Bonded joints are gaining importance in many fields of manufacturing owing to a significant number of advantages to the traditional methods. The single lap joint (SLJ) is the most commonly used method. The use of material or geometric changes in SLJ reduces peel and shear peak stresses at the damage initiation sites. In this work, the effect of adherend recessing at the overlap edges on the tensile strength of SLJ, bonded with a brittle adhesive, was experimentally and numerically studied. The recess dimensions (length and depth) were optimized for different values of overlap length (L _O), thus allowing the maximization of the joint's strength by the reduction of peak stresses at the overlap edges. The effect of recessing was also investigated by a finite element (FE) analysis and cohesive zone modelling (CZM), which allowed characterizing the entire fracture process and provided joint strength predictions. For this purpose, a static FE analysis was performed in ABAQUS® considering geometric nonlinearities. In the end, the experimental and FE results revealed the accuracy of the FE analysis in predicting the strength and also provided some design principles for the strength improvement of SLJ using a relatively simple and straightforward technique.     

Effect of the Engagement Ratio and of Temperature on the Shear Strength of Epoxy Adhesive Bonded Aluminum Alloy Pin-and-Collar Joints

ABSTRACT

Epoxy adhesives are widely used in industrial applications, as they are particularly suitable to bond many types of materials. Conversely, possible drawbacks may arise from the use under high temperature, which is likely to imply a drop of mechanical properties. Previous research indicated that the Engagement Ratio (ER), namely, the ratio between the joint length and its coupling diameter, has an effect on the shear strength of an epoxy adhesive applied to steel adherents. Moreover, the shear strength decreases for increasing temperature, with loss of any ER effect beyond the glass transition temperature. The present research is focused on EN AW 7075-T6 alloy adherents that are widely applied in lightweight constructions. The study has involved LOCTITE 9466 with experimental tests on Pin-And-Collar samples with ER varying from 0.4 to 1.7 over four levels (10 replications). The effect of temperature has also been assessed, by campaigns at room temperature and at 40°C, 60°C and 80°C. The results, also interpreted by an analytical model, indicate that keeping ER around 0.9–1 is advisable to optimise strength. Temperature leads to a shear strength drop, to a loss of ER effectivity and to higher scattering, when exceeding the glass transition temperature of the adhesive.     

The Effect of Ageing and Environment on the Static and Fatigue Strength of Adhesive Joints

This paper describes the results of a durability programme designed to test the effects of ageing and environment on the performance of adhesive joints. Specimens were kept under a variety of loading and environmental conditions and the paper reports results of static and fatigue tests after 8-9 years storage. Some adhesive joints showed excellent durability performance, while others were adversely affected by the environment, particularly high humidity and natural exposure. It was found that the effect of ageing on static and fatigue performance is not necessarily the same.     

胶接接头剪切和正拉强度试验方法的分析

分析了胶接接头现行剪切强度和正拉强度测试方法中存在的问题，指出由于应力集中及多种应力的综合作用导致测试值出现较大偏差，提出了胶接接头剪切强度和正拉强度测试方法的改进意见。     

Biomaterial Based Polyurethane Adhesive for Bonding Rubber and Wood Joints

An intermediate compound for synthesizing polyester polyol was prepared from glycosylation of potato starch by reacting it with ethylene glycol in presence of sulphuric acid. Glycol glycoside thus prepared was characterized by HPLC and FTIR. This polyhydroxy compound was replaced in varying amounts with trimethylolpropane for polyester polyol synthesis. Sebacic acid was used as dicarboxylic acid along with castor oil for polyester polyol formulation. Polyols were reacted with toluene 2,4-diisocyanate adduct for polyurethane formation. Polyester polyol and polyurethane were characterized by FTIR. Polyurethane was utilized for bonding wood as well as rubber joints. Bond strength was measured by means of lap shear strength and peel strength for wood and rubber joints, respectively. Chemical resistance of polyurethane adhesive was also evaluated. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Mixed-Mode Strength of Thin Adhesive Films: Experimental Characterization Through a Tubular Specimen with Reduced Edge Effect

The present work deals with the characterization of adhesives in thin film under uniform and multi-axial loading conditions. The tests are carried out with a tubular butt bonded specimen, previously developed by the authors, which ensures both shear and normal uniform stress fields inside the adhesive layer. Stress analysis is performed analytically and shows that, in addition to the axial stress, both radial and circumferential stress components are present in the adhesive layer due to Poisson's effect. This leads to a high level of stress triaxiality especially when only axial loading is considered. The experimental tests performed on eight different loading modes show that the adhesive behaves better under shear stress rather than under normal tensile stress, and its strength increases under compressive mixed mode loading. Among literature criteria for equivalent stress, the Stassi D'Alia criterion provides a clear equivalent failure stress value for the adhesive here examined, regardless of the stress triaxiality.     

Consideration of Energy Dissipation for the Strength of Adhesive Joints

For some adhesive joints where the main difference is the degree of contact at the interface, failure occurs not at the interface, but some distance away in the polymer itself. This cohesive mode of failure in the polymer was always found to be the case in our studies of cupric oxide to branched polyethylene interfaces, even where the joint was so weak that the peeled surface seemed clean of the polymer to the naked eye. It was observed that the strength of the joint was associated with the coarseness of the texture of the peeled surface of the polymer. With a differential scanning calorimetry technique we have shown that the coarseness of the surface texture and therefore the strength of the joint, is a direct function of the amount of polymer involved in plastic deformation. The strength criteria for the adhesive joint of this kind is thus the energy of deformation and not the maximum tensile stress that the material can withstand.     

聚氨酯胶粘剂的分子设计

为了快速合理确定制备聚氨酯胶粘剂的方案．可以根据聚氨酯胶粘剂的目标性能，进行分子设计。本文从二方面考虑，即根据聚氨酯胶粘剂的本体性质和使用性质进行分子设计，以满足不同基材和使用条件的要求。     

The Effect of Adhesive Thickness on the Mechanical Behavior of a Structural Polyurethane Adhesive

One parameter that influences the adhesively bonded joints performance is the adhesive layer thickness. Hence, its effect has to be investigated experimentally and should be taken into consideration in the design of adhesive joints. Most of the results from literature are for typical structural epoxy adhesives which are generally formulated to perform in thin sections. However, polyurethane adhesives are designed to perform in thicker sections and might have a different behavior as a function of adhesive thickness. In this study, the effect of adhesive thickness on the mechanical behavior of a structural polyurethane adhesive was investigated. The mode I fracture toughness of the adhesive was measured using double-cantilever beam (DCB) tests with various thicknesses of the adhesive layer ranging from 0.2 to 2 mm. In addition, single lap joints (SLJs) were fabricated and tested to assess the influence of adhesive thickness on the lap-shear strength of the adhesive. An increasing fracture toughness with increasing adhesive thickness was found. The lap-shear strength decreases as the adhesive layer gets thicker, but in contrast to joints with brittle adhesives the decrease trend was less pronounced.     

The Effect of Moment and Flexural Rigidity of Adherend on the Strength of Adhesively Bonded Single Lap Joints

In the present study, mechanical properties of different single lap joint configurations derived from adherends with different thicknesses subjected to tensile loading were investigated experimentally and numerically. For this purpose, experimental studies were conducted on two different types of SLJ samples, the first type with identical upper and lower adherend thicknesses and the second with different upper and lower adherend thicknesses. For the first type, five different thickness values were tested. For the second type, the lower adherend thickness was constant while five different upper adherend thickness values were tested. The adhesive was prepared from a two-part paste. After the experimental studies, stress analyses on the SLJs were performed with three-dimensional finite element analysis by considering the geometrical non-linearity and the material non-linearities of the adhesive (DP460) and adherend (AA2024-T3). It was observed that, in single lap joint geometry, variation in the thickness of the adherend and the use of lower and upper adherends with different thickness values changed the stress concentrations at the edges of the overlap regions, affecting the experimental failure load of the joints.     

聚氨酯胶粘剂研究的进展

概述了近年来国内外聚氨酯胶粘剂研究开发和应用进展,重点介绍了聚氨酯胶粘剂的发展动态和几类主要的聚氨酯胶粘剂。针对我国实际情况对今后的发展作出了展望     

Fatigue Behaviour of Adhesive Bonded Joints

This paper presents experimental results of the fatigue behaviour of adhesive bonded plastic-to-plastic joints and metal-to-plastic joints under both dynamic and static loading. The fatigue life of the joints was found to be independent of the test frequencies and humidity for the range of values tested, but dependent on the mean stress level and test temperature with greater reduction in fatigue life observed in metal-to-plastic joints at higher temperature. Empirical equations from which the fatigue life of joints could be predicted were obtained by regression analysis.     

Effect of Temperature on the Quasi-static Strength and Fatigue Resistance of Bonded Composite Double Lap Joints

Fibre reinforced polymer composites (FRP's) are often used to reduce the weight of a structure. Traditionally the composite parts are bolted together; however, increased weight savings can often be achieved by adhesive bonding or co-curing the parts. The reason that these methods are often not used for structural applications is due to the lack of trusted design methods and concerns about long-term performance. The authors have attempted to address these issues by studying the effects of fatigue loading, test environment and pre-conditioning on bonded composite joints. Previous work centered on the lap-strap joint which was representative of the long-overlap joints common in aerospace structures. However, it was recognised that in some applications short-overlap joints will be used and these joints might behave quite differently. In this work, double-lap joints were tested both quasi-statically and in fatigue across the temperature range experienced by a jet aircraft. Two variants on the double-lap joint sample were used for the testing, one with multidirectional (MD) CFRP adherends and the other with unidirectional (UD) CFRP adherends. Finite element analysis was used to analyse stresses in the joints. It was seen that as temperature increased both the quasi-static strength and fatigue resistance decreased. The MD joints were stronger at low temperatures and the UD joints stronger at high temperatures. It was proposed that this was because at low temperature the strength was determined by the peak stresses in the joints, whereas, at high temperatures, strength is controlled by creep of the joints which is determined by the minimum stresses in the joint. This argument was supported by the stress analysis.     

Effect of Temperature on the Quasi-static Strength and Fatigue Resistance of Bonded Composite Double Lap Joints

Fibre reinforced polymer composites (FRP's) are often used to reduce the weight of a structure. Traditionally the composite parts are bolted together; however, increased weight savings can often be achieved by adhesive bonding or co-curing the parts. The reason that these methods are often not used for structural applications is due to the lack of trusted design methods and concerns about long-term performance. The authors have attempted to address these issues by studying the effects of fatigue loading, test environment and pre-conditioning on bonded composite joints. Previous work centered on the lap-strap joint which was representative of the long-overlap joints common in aerospace structures. However, it was recognised that in some applications short-overlap joints will be used and these joints might behave quite differently. In this work, double-lap joints were tested both quasi-statically and in fatigue across the temperature range experienced by a jet aircraft. Two variants on the double-lap joint sample were used for the testing, one with multidirectional (MD) CFRP adherends and the other with unidirectional (UD) CFRP adherends. Finite element analysis was used to analyse stresses in the joints. It was seen that as temperature increased both the quasi-static strength and fatigue resistance decreased. The MD joints were stronger at low temperatures and the UD joints stronger at high temperatures. It was proposed that this was because at low temperature the strength was determined by the peak stresses in the joints, whereas, at high temperatures, strength is controlled by creep of the joints which is determined by the minimum stresses in the joint. This argument was supported by the stress analysis.     

聚氨酯乳液胶粘剂的研制

报导了以蓖麻油和甲苯二异氰酸酯为主要原料,以酒石酸为亲水单体合成的聚氨酯乳液胶粘剂的配方组成、制备工艺和性能的研究,讨论了影响乳液胶粘剂的合成工艺及性能的主要因素。