Advances in Structural Adhesive Bonding

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