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Article: Aromatic copolyester thermosets: high temperature adhesive properties.
- Article from:
- Polymer Engineering and Science
- Article date:
- March 1, 1997
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INTRODUCTION
The joining of structural members by adhesive bonding has numerous advantages over other techniques such as welding, soldering, and mechanical fastening. These advantages include: reduced weight, improved fatigue resistance, providing a protective barrier to corrosion, no weakening of the adherend due to the presence of stress raisers such as drilled holes, a more uniform stress distribution through the joint, and the potential for reduced costs (1, 2). By far epoxies are the most widely utilized of the currently available structural adhesives. The major advantage of this system is that it can be cured at temperatures from room temperature to 200 ...