Advances in Adhesively Bonded Joints: Testing, Analysis, Design and Application

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is entitled “Advances in Adhesively Bonded Joints: Testing, Analysis, Design and Application”, to be published in the journal Materials (ISSN 199601944, IF: 3.748). Dr. Junshan Hu, Bin Luo, Huanxiong Xia and Peng Zou are serving as Guest Editors for this issue.

Adhesively bonded joints are used in a wide range of engineering structures, including airplanes, vehicles, vessels and buildings, and each of these applications has different test, design and analysis needs. The uses of adhesively bonded joints have demonstrated rapid growth because of their essential advantages in comparison with other joining methods, such as reduced structural weight, higher joint stiffness and superior anti-corrosion performance. Despite this, it should be noted that stress concentrations still exist in both the adhesive and the adherends due to the inherent discontinuity of materials at the bonding area whatever the material combinations are: metal–metal, metal–plastic, metal–composite, composite–composite, composite–concrete, plastic–plastic, or metal–ceramic, etc. Thus, the adhesive choices, bonding adherends, surface pretreatment, joint design, bonding process, and service condition, etc., need to be considered to drive the best performance of such prospective joint structures.

This Special Issue aims to share the latest contributions and achievements in the advanced testing, analysis, design and application of adhesively bonded joints in this area through high-quality original works, subsequently promoting its dissemination through this Open Access system.

Dr. Junshan Hu
Dr. Bin Luo
Dr. Huanxiong Xia
Dr. Peng Zou
Guest Editors

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