With the increased use of adhesives in industrial applications, there is a need to consider not only strength and stiffness, but also how bonded joints will perform in the long term. In aerospace and automotive applications, this means at least 10 years. In buildings and civil engineering structures, much greater timescales are needed. All classes of bond are important whether they be structural or for ‘less important’ applications such as trim, sound deadening. Vehicles which become ‘shabby’ with trim beginning to detach may not lead to warranty claims, but can easily cause loss of reputation. The objective of this paper is to illustrate some of the traps into which a designer might fall and how to avoid them. For a given configuration and expected set of loads, this involves correct choice of the adhesive, specification of the surfaces and some means of checking consistency of the adhesives on delivery to the client, together with the processes used in production.
Quality assurance, especially in adhesive bonding
2023-11-01
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
TIBKAT | 2021
|GWLB - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek | 2021
|Fraunhofer Publica | 2021
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