Abstract The maximum size of additively manufactured (AM) components is restricted due to the confined building space manufacturing machines. Component separation and subsequent joining can be an effective way larger using AM processes. For components, adhesive bonding provides great potential for not constraining adherend’s geometry, as long still applied surfaces adherends. This work investig...

The fatigue growth of multiple cracks, of arbitrary lengths, emanating from a row of fastener holes in a bonded, riveted, lap joint in a pressurized aircraft fuselage is studied. The effects of residual stresses due to a rivet misfit, and of plastic deformation near the hole, are included. A Schwartz Neumann alternating method which uses the analytical solution for a row of multiple colinear cr...

The present work has used an accelerated test method, based upon cyclic-fatigue testing using a fracture-mechanics approach, to study the durability of organosilanepretreated joints which were adhesively-bonded using a hot-cured epoxy-film adhesive. The silane primer investigated was γ-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane (GPS). The cyclic-fatigue tests were mainly conducted in (a) a ‘dry’ environme...

Carbon fiber reinforced polymers strengthen steel structural elements. These structural elements are normally subjected to static, dynamic and fatigue loadings during their life-time. CFRP laminate is commonly used structures under the subjected loads. A number of focused on the characteristics of CFRP sheets members under static, dynamic and fatigue loadings. is a gap in understanding the bond...

Adhesively bonded structure and bonded composite repairs are often exposed to aviation fuel during service. A relatively limited number of studies examining the influence of fuel and the many additives it contains have been made. The current report details experimental studies that have examined the influence of fuel and common additives such as lubricity and deicing agents on the fracture toug...