Testing Adhesive Joints

Joining techniques such as welding, brazing, riveting and screwing are used by industry all over the world on a daily basis. A further method of joining has also proven to be highly successful: adhesive bonding. Adhesive bonding technology has an extremely broad range of applications. And it is difficult to imagine a product - in the home, in industry, in transportation, or anywhere else for that matter - that does not use adhesives or sealants in some manner. The book focuses on the methodology used for fabricating and testing adhesive and bonded joint specimens. The text covers a wide range of test methods that are used in the field of adhesives, providing vital information for dealing with the range of adhesive properties that are of interest to the adhesive community. With contributions from many experts in the field, the entire breadth of industrial laboratory examples, utilizing different best practice techniques are discussed. The core concept of the book is to provide essential information vital for producing and characterizing adhesives and adhesively bonded joints.

Joining techniques such as welding, brazing, riveting and screwing are used by industry all over the world on a daily basis. A furthermethod of joining has also proven to be highly successful: adhesive bonding. Adhesive bonding technology has an extremely broad rangeof applications. And it is difficult to imagine a product - in the home, in industry, in transportation, or anywhere else for that matter - thatdoes not use adhesives or sealants in some manner. The book focuses on the methodology used for fabricating and testing adhesive and bonded joint specimens. The text covers a wide range of test methods that are used in the field of adhesives, providing vital information for dealing with the range of adhesive properties that are of interest to the adhesive community. With contributions from many experts in the field, the entire breadth of industrial laboratory examples, utilizing different best practice techniques are discussed. The core concept of the book is to provide essential information vital for producing and characterizing adhesives and adhesively bonded joints.

MANUFACTURE OF QUALITY SPECIMENSPreparing Bulk Specimens by Hydrostatic PressurePreparing Bulk Specimens by InjectionPreparing Bulk Specimens by PouringPreparing Lap Joints with Flat AdherendsSimpleMethods for the Preparation of Single Lap Joints SpecimensPreparing Thick Adherend Shear Test SpecimensModified Thick Adherend Shear TestPreparing Butt JointsPreparing Napkin Ring SpecimensPreparing T Joint SpecimensPreparing Flexible-to-Rigid Peel SpecimensPreparing Specimens for Fracture Properties: Double Cantilever Beam and Tapered Double Cantilever BeamPreparing Bonded Wood Double Cantilever Beam (DCB)SpecimensModified Arcan TestQUASI-STATIC CONSTITUTIVE AND STRENGTH TESTSQuasi-Static Testing of Bulk Tensile SpecimensUniaxial and Bulk CompressionQuasi-Static Testing of Bulk Compression on Flat SpecimensIosipescu (V-Notched Beam) TestArcan (V-Notched Plate) TestQuasi-Static Testing of Butt Joints in TensionShear Properties of Adhesives Measured by Napkin Rings and Solid Butt Joints in TorsionQuasi-Static Testing of Thick Adherend Shear Test SpecimensModified Thick Adherend Shear TestQuasi-Static Testing of Lap JointsModified Arcan TestPin-and-Collar Test MethodQUASI-STATIC FRACTURE TESTSMeasuring Bulk Fracture ToughnessQuasi-Static Fracture Tests: Double Cantilever Beam and Tapered Double Cantilever Beam TestingEnd-Notched FlexureMode II Fracture Characterization of Bonded Joints Using the ELS TestThe Notched Torsion Test to Determine the Mode III Fracture Properties of AdhesivesOther Mixed Mode Adhesive Fracture Test SpecimensCompact Mixed Mode (CMM) Fracture Test MethodMixed Mode Bending (MMB) with a Reeder and Crews FixtureMixed Mode Fracture TestingFracture of Wood Double Cantilever Beam (DCB) SpecimensThe T-Peel TestPeel Testing at 180¿The Floating Roller Peel TestClimbing Drum Peel TestThe Analysis of Peel TestsHIGHER RATE AND IMPACT TESTSDynamic Elastic ModulusThe Pendulum Impact Test for Adhesives and Adhesive JointsHigher Rate and Impact Tests: Fracture at High RatesHigh-Strain-Rate Testing of Adhesive Specimens and Joints by Hopkinson Bar TechniqueClamped Hopkinson BarTesting of Adhesive Bonds under Peel and Shear Loads at Increased VelocitiesDURABILITYMeasurement of the Diffusion CoefficientTests with MoistureDurability Testing Using Open-Faced SpecimensTests with TemperatureThe Wedge TestFatigueMixed-Mode Fatigue Testing of Adhesive JointsMeasurement of Time-Dependent Crack GrowthCurvature Mismatch Fracture Test for Subcritical DebondingOTHER TEST METHODSThermal CharacterizationDynamic Mechanical Analysis with a Vibrating Beam MethodBimaterial Curvature Method for Residual Stress and Thermal Expansion Coefficient DeterminationThe Pull-Off TestShaft-Loaded Blister TestTests under Hydrostatic PressureINDEX