This paper provides a state-of-the-art review on adhesively bonded joints (ABJs) for
composite materials and structures, with a focus on the open literatures from 2016 to 2023 to …

The size of wind turbine blades is increasing rapidly, and they are being installed in remote
offshore locations. Consequently, it is essential to focus on improving the design and …

Cracks generated in micro and meso-scales pose a potential threat to the full product.
Numerous reports on microscale voids and cracks in Nomex honeycomb composites …

This study investigates the fracture behavior of thick adhesive joints manufactured with
composite adherends and bonded with an epoxy-based structural adhesive common to the …

Ensuring the efficiency and safety of bonded structures across diverse engineering sectors
requires a robust fatigue model for adhesive joints in both composite and metal substrates …

New high-performance epoxy-based nanocomposite adhesive materials were developed
with the innovative use of nanomaterials to enhance the bond strength, especially at …

This work proposes a novel insight into the autolytic mineral self-healing strategies for
cementitious materials. The autolytic mineral microsphere (AMM) was prepared via the …

Macro-scale crack transverse to the blade length direction is one of the typical damage types
observed in the trailing edge regions of wind turbine rotor blades. In this work, the …

Experimental methodologies for fatigue lifetime prediction are time-intensive and
susceptible to environmental variables. Although the cohesive zone model is popular for …

In this study, we present the fatigue and post-fatigue static crack characterisation of a
wrinkled thick glass fibre/polyester composite laminate, which is cut out from a spar cap of a …