Adhesive Bonding Technology and Testing

Lucas FM da Silva is Full Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP) and Director of the Integrated Master in Mechanical Engineering. He leads the Advanced Joining Processes Unit (AJPU) of the Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering (INEGI) composed of approximately 40 members post-doc, doctoral students and master students. Ricardo Carbas is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and an invited lecturer at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. He has published 88 ISI papers on adhesive technologies. Eduardo Marques is a postdoctoral researcher in the Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and an invited lecturer at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. He has published 86 ISI papers on adhesive technologies. Ana Queirós Barbosa is currently a postdoctoral researcher in Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. She obtained her PhD in Reinforcement adhesives in 2017 and MSc in Material Science from the University of Porto (Portugal). Alireza Ahkavan-Safar is currently a postdoctoral researcher in the Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. He obtained his PhD in Adhesive mechanical characterization in 2017 from the Iran University of Science and Technology (Iran).

Part A: Instructions for practical demonstrations of adhesive bonding
Adhesive tape
Wetting of different surfaces
Use of superglue to highlight the importance of substrate and environmental conditions
Stresses in a rubber model
Water break test
Plasma treatment and dyne pens
Visual identification of defects
Tap test
Study of real joints used in aeronautical applications
Study of real joints used in automotive applications
Study of real joints used in shipbuilding

Part B: Laboratorial activities on adhesive bonding and report examples
Effect of surface treatment on the strength of bonded joints
Effect of adhesive type in the strength of bonded joints
Effect of adhesive thickness in the performance of bonded joints
Effect of the overlap length on the strength of bonded joints
Mechanical performance of bonded joints bonded with composites
Design of a real bonded joint for service under fatigue conditions
Design of a real bonded joint for service in harsh environmental conditions
Mechanical characterization of a structural adhesive

Part C: Exercises and problems in adhesive bonding
Advantages, disadvantages and applications of adhesive bonding
Surface preparation
Main families of adhesives and their characteristics
Manufacture process of bonded joints
Quality control procedures
Environment health and safety
Design of bonded joints
Durability of bonded joints