The effect of surface pretreatment and moisture on the fatigue performance of adhesively-bonded aluminium

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 153-154, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 359-365

  Rushforth, M W ^a   Bowen, P ^a   McAlpine, E ^b   Zhou, X ^c   Thompson, G E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Innoval Technology Limited   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adhesive joints; Fatigue; Moisture; TEM

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE JOINTS; ALUMINUM; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BONDING; DURABILITY; EPOXY RESINS; FATIGUE TESTING; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LOADS (FORCES); MOISTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON; SURFACE TREATMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FATIGUE LOADING; FRACTURE PATH; SHEAR JOINTS; SURFACE PRETREATMENT;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 9444243253     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2004.04.319     Document Type: Article

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