Advances in Structural Adhesive Bonding

Advances in Structural Adhesive Bonding, Second Edition reviews developments in adhesive bonding for a range of advanced structural engineering applications. This new edition has been fully revised to include the latest advances in materials, testing and modeling methods, lifecycle considerations, and industrial implementation. Sections review advances in commonly used groups of structural adhesives, covering epoxy, acrylic, anaerobic and cyanoacrylate, polyurethane, and silicone adhesives, along with toughening. Other chapters cover various types of adherends and pre-treatment methods for structural materials, including metals, plastics, composites, wood and joint design and testing, including topics such as fracture mechanics, life prediction techniques, and advanced testing methods. This is a valuable guide for all those working with structural adhesives, including those in an industrial setting, adhesive specialists, structural engineers, design engineers, R&D professionals, and scientists, as well as academic researchers and advanced students in adhesives, joining technology, materials science and mechanical engineering.
- Provides detailed coverage on the main adhesive groups, including epoxy, acrylic, cyanoacrylate, polyurethane and silicone adhesives
- Includes the latest developments across adherends, pre-treatment methods, joint design and testing, durability and lifecycle related issues
- Addresses environmental challenges, adhesive specification, quality control, and risk mitigation for specific industrial application areas

Part One: Adhesive chemistries and formulations 1 Advances in epoxy adhesives2 Advances in acrylic structural adhesives3 Advances in anaerobic adhesives4 Advances in polyurethane structural adhesives5 Advances in structural silicone adhesives6 Emerging structural adhesive chemistries and innovations7 Advances in toughening strategies for structural adhesives Part Two: Adherends and surfaces: Addressing and troubleshooting bonding challenges 8 Advances in cyanoacrylate structural adhesives9 What went wrong? Solving bonding challenges through surface science10 Advances in bonding plastics11 Structural bonds without an adhesive: Understanding adhesion of semicrystalline thermoplastic interfaces12 Adhesive joining of thermoplastic composites13 Advances in structural wood products adhesive bonding Part Three: Joint design, testing and modeling for performance & durability 14 Improving joint performance through graded materials and geometries15 Standard test methods and their need to evolve16 Innovations in fracture testing of structural adhesive bonds17 Understanding fracture mode-mixity and its effects on bond performance18 Predicting adhesive bond performance19 Bondline thickness: Fracture mechanics perspective20 Evaluating and predicting fatigue behavior in adhesively bonded joints21 Durability and accelerated characterization of adhesive bonds22 High-rate testing of structural adhesives23 Application of high-throughput methodologies and artificial intelligence for adhesion testing Part Four: Adhesive specification, quality control, & risk mitigation 24 Architected adhesive joints with improved fracture toughness25 Structural monitoring of adhesive joints using machine learning26 Aerospace structural bonding: Qualification, quality control, substantiation, and risk mitigation27 Automotive adhesives: Specification, qualification, and quality control28 Construction adhesives: Qualification, specification, quality control, and risk mitigation29 General industrial adhesive applications: Qualification, specification, quality control, and risk mitigation30 Digital image correlation: Advancing mechanical property characterization of adhesive joints31 Biomedical adhesives: Qualification, specification, quality control, and risk mitigation Part Five: Emerging technologies for structural bonding 32 Sustainable adhesives: Bioadhesives, chemistries, recyclability, and reversibility33 Accelerated curing of bonded joints34 Residual stress development in curing processes: Material characterization and modeling35 Sensing stresses and damage in adhesive bonds using mechanophores