Advances in Structural Adhesive Bonding

David A. Dillard is Adhesive and Sealant Science Professor, in the Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics Department at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA. He has worked extensively in the field of adhesive bonding, having experience in structural adhesives for aerospace, automotive, and infrastructure applications, adhesives and coatings for microelectronic applications, pressure sensitive adhesives, elastomeric adhesives and sealants, and polymeric membranes. Prof. Dillard has authored or co-authored over 185-refereed publications and regularly teaches courses in adhesion science, polymer viscoelasticity, and sustainable energy solutions. His research involves developing test methods and predictive models for understanding and estimating the performance and durability of polymeric materials, adhesives and bonded joints, using the principles of fracture mechanics and viscoelasticity. Over the past several years, he has become active in applying these concepts to sustainable energy products including proton exchange membrane fuel cells and solar photovoltaic applications. Prof. Dillard has received several awards in recognition of his research.

Part One: Adhesive chemistries and formulations

1 Advances in epoxy adhesives 2 Advances in acrylic structural adhesives 3 Advances in anaerobic adhesives 4 Advances in polyurethane structural adhesives 5 Advances in structural silicone adhesives 6 Emerging structural adhesive chemistries and innovations 7 Advances in toughening strategies for structural adhesives

Part Two: Adherends and surfaces: Addressing and troubleshooting bonding challenges

8 Advances in cyanoacrylate structural adhesives 9 What went wrong? Solving bonding challenges through surface science 10 Advances in bonding plastics 11 Structural bonds without an adhesive: Understanding adhesion of semicrystalline thermoplastic interfaces 12 Adhesive joining of thermoplastic composites 13 Advances in structural wood products adhesive bonding

Part Three: Joint design, testing and modeling for performance & durability

14 Improving joint performance through graded materials and geometries 15 Standard test methods and their need to evolve 16 Innovations in fracture testing of structural adhesive bonds 17 Understanding fracture mode-mixity and its effects on bond performance 18 Predicting adhesive bond performance 19 Bondline thickness: Fracture mechanics perspective 20 Evaluating and predicting fatigue behavior in adhesively bonded joints 21 Durability and accelerated characterization of adhesive bonds 22 High-rate testing of structural adhesives 23 Application of high-throughput methodologies and artificial intelligence for adhesion testing

Part Four: Adhesive specification, quality control, & risk mitigation

24 Architected adhesive joints with improved fracture toughness 25 Structural monitoring of adhesive joints using machine learning 26 Aerospace structural bonding: Qualification, quality control, substantiation, and risk mitigation 27 Automotive adhesives: Specification, qualification, and quality control 28 Construction adhesives: Qualification, specification, quality control, and risk mitigation 29 General industrial adhesive applications: Qualification, specification, quality control, and risk mitigation 30 Digital image correlation: Advancing mechanical property characterization of adhesive joints 31 Biomedical adhesives: Qualification, specification, quality control, and risk mitigation

Part Five: Emerging technologies for structural bonding

32 Sustainable adhesives: Bioadhesives, chemistries, recyclability, and reversibility 33 Accelerated curing of bonded joints 34 Residual stress development in curing processes: Material characterization and modeling 35 Sensing stresses and damage in adhesive bonds using mechanophores