An engineer asks: Is it really more important that paint stays stuck on the outside of an aircraft than that glue stays stuck on the inside?

Journal of Adhesion

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 181-214

  Hart Smith, L John ^a  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Adhesives; Aircraft; Bond failure; Bonding to composites; Delamination; Durability; Effects of moisture; Kissing bonds; Mode of failure; Peel ply; Processing; Service life; Surface preparation

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; AIRCRAFT; BOND STRENGTH (MATERIALS); BONDING; DELAMINATION; DURABILITY; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); MOISTURE; PAINT; SERVICE LIFE;

BOND FAILURE; KISSING BONDS; SURFACE PREPARATION;

ADHESION;

EID: 33644812113     PISSN: 00218464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00218460600559607     Document Type: Article

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