Optimum thickness of joints made of GFPR pultruded adherends and polyurethane adhesive

Composite Structures

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2102-2108

  Vallée, Till ^a   Correia, João R ^b   Keller, Thomas ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adhesive joints; GFRP; Optimum thickness; Polyurethane; Strength

Indexed keywords

ADHERENDS; ADHESIVE LAYERS; ADHESIVE THICKNESS; BONDED JOINT; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; GFRP; JOINT BEHAVIOR; JOINT GEOMETRY; JOINT STRENGTH; LAP JOINT; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; OPTIMUM THICKNESS; OVERLAP LENGTH; POLYURETHANE ADHESIVES; QUASI-STATIC AXIAL TENSILE LOADING; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

ADHESIVE JOINTS;

ADHESIVE AGENT; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER; LOADING (TESTING); POLYURETHANE; STRENGTH; TENSILE PROPERTY;

EID: 77950863707     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2009.09.056     Document Type: Article

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