Continuing interest and more developments in recent years indicated that it would be useful
to update Banea and da Silva paper entitled “Adhesively bonded joints in composite …

In the framework of the Cost Action CERTBOND (Reliable roadmap for certification of
bonded primary structures), a wide group of researchers from 27 European Countries have …

Adhesives, which also comprise of terms like bonding agents, glues and gums, are
substances which possess the ability to attach to various substrates and hence can be used …

Composite materials parts manufacturing is based on the interactions of simultaneous as
well as consecutive process steps. These influence the composite part properties and …

Stepped-lap repairs of composite structures can offer an alternative that is easier to perform
and less time-consuming to produce than the widely used tapered scarf repair. However, the …

Abstract Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites (FRPCs) are widely used materials for
various structural applications, particularly for aerospace and automobile industries. The …

This study investigated the effect of surface roughness for improving interfacial adhesion in
hybrid materials with aluminum (Al)/carbon fiber reinforced epoxy composites (CFREC). The …

Solid riveting is the most widely used joining technique in aircraft assembly, and the current
key problems affecting practical application and reliable lifting are concentrated on static …

The present work is aimed at utilizing an adapted version of the Fused-Filament Fabrication
process as a means to produce hybrid joints comprised of sandblasted, rolled Ti-6Al-4V …

Bonding is one of the main forms of composite bonding. In order to investigate the effect of
low-temperature plasma surface treatment on the bonding properties of carbon fiber …