Adhesive Bonding Technology and Testing

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

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 obtained his PhD in structural adhesive bonding of composites from the University of Bristol (United Kingdom) in 2004 and Aggregation from FEUP in 2011. Ricardo Carbas is a postdoctoral researcher in 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 obtained his PhD in adhesive bond technologies in 2013 from the University of Porto (Portugal). Eduardo Marques is a postdoctoral researcher in 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 obtained his PhD in adhesive bond technologies in 2016 from the University of Porto (Portugal). 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 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).