SME AD910351

ADHESIVES ARE FINDING INCREASED USE IN STRUCTURAL APPLICATION, PARTICULARLY AS REPLACEMENTS FOR MECHANICAL FASTENERS. EPOXIES HAVE TRADITIONALLY BEEN THE ADHESIVE OF CHOICE. HOWEVER, POLYURETHANE ADHESIVES, BECAUSE OF THEIR PROPERTIES--FLEXIBILITY, LOW-TEMPERATURE PERFORMANCE, ADHESION TO MANY SUBSTRATES, ETC.--ARE BEING USED IN AN INCREASING NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS. IN THIS STUDY, AN EXTENSIVE INDUSTRY SURVEY WAS PERFORMED TO IDENTIFY HIGH-PERFORMANCE, TWO-COMPONENT, STRUCTURAL POLYURETHANE ADHESIVE SYSTEMS FOR BONDING MATERIALS COMMONLY USED IN THE AUTOMOTIVE AND AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PERFORMANCE OF SELECTED ADHESIVE SYSTEMS WAS EVALUATED USING ALUMINUM, STEEL, POLYESTER-FIBERGLASS, GRAPHITE-EPOXY, AND GRAPHITE-PEEK AS THE ADHERENTS.

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Published:

06/01/1991

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14

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