Effects of environmental exposure on adhesively bonded joints

Hand, H. M.; Arah, C. O.; McNamara, D. K.; Mecklenburg, Marion F.

dc.contributor.author	Hand, H. M.	en
dc.contributor.author	Arah, C. O.	en
dc.contributor.author	McNamara, D. K.	en
dc.contributor.author	Mecklenburg, Marion F.	en
dc.date.accessioned	2018-07-27T19:43:20Z
dc.date.available	2018-07-27T19:43:20Z
dc.date.issued	1992
dc.identifier.citation	Hand, H. M., Arah, C. O., McNamara, D. K., and Mecklenburg, Marion F. 1992. "<a href="https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/36010">Effects of environmental exposure on adhesively bonded joints</a>." <em>Construction and Building Materials</em>. 6 (4):227–234. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/0950-0618(92)90046-2">https://doi.org/10.1016/0950-0618(92)90046-2</a>	en
dc.identifier.issn	0950-0618
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10088/36010
dc.description.abstract	The use of adhesive bonding for airframes and other engineering structures offers significant advantages over the commonly used mechanical fasteners. However, not all adhesives are able to withstand the environmental extremes encountered by a structure over its service lifetime. Therefore, the selection of an adhesive for bonding these structures must include an evaluation of its performance under adverse environments, primarily moisture. Studies of moisture absorption by several adhesives reveal that the adhesives gain the bulk of their water weight within 1 2 days. The effects of this moisture ingress on adhesively bonded joints were evaluated via stress relaxation and fracture analysis. Stress-relaxation results show that some adhesives can retain about half their dry strengths at equilibrium moisture strain, whereas the fracture toughness analysis suggests that ductility decreases with increased duration of exposure. "	en
dc.relation.ispartof	Construction and Building Materials	en
dc.title	Effects of environmental exposure on adhesively bonded joints	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en
dc.identifier.srbnumber	146468
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/0950-0618(92)90046-2
rft.jtitle	Construction and Building Materials
rft.volume	6
rft.issue	4
rft.spage	227
rft.epage	234
dc.description.SIUnit	MCI	en
dc.citation.spage	227
dc.citation.epage	234