Introduction to Adhesive Bonding

Polyester adhesives 4.4.3 - Hotmelt adhesives 4.4.4 - Inorganic adhesives 4.5 - How to select an adhesive 4.5.1 - Case study: adhesive selection for the automotive industry 4.6 - How to test and characterize an adhesive 4.6.1 - Mechanical testing 4.7 - Mechanical properties of adhesives Chapter 5 - MANUFACTURE 5.1 - Adhesive storage 5.1.1 - Storage time 5.1.2 - Humidity 5.1.3 - Temperature 5.1.4 - Light and UV radiation 5.2 - Adhesive metering and mixing 5.2.1 - Adhesive metering 5.2.2 - Adhesive mixing 5.3 - Adhesive forms and application 5.3.1 - Liquid adhesives 5.3.2 - Paste adhesives 5.3.3 - Film adhesives 5.3.4 -Tapes 5.4 - Joint assembly and fixturing 5.4.1 - Moulds and fixtures 5.4.2 - Adhesive thickness control 5.4.3 - Joint assembly 5.5 - Adhesive hardening 5.5.1 - Heat curing processes 5.5.2 - Evaporation based processes 5.6 - Finishing steps Chapter 6 - QUALITY CONTROL 6.1 - Quality control of the incoming materials 6.1.1 - Control of adhesive quality 6.1.2 - Control of adherend quality 6.2 - Quality control of the manufacturing process 6.3 - Quality control on bonded structures 6.3.1 - Types of defects present in bonded joints 6.3.2 - Destructive tests 6.3.3 - Non-destructive tests Chapter 7 - ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND SAFETY 7.1 - Toxicity of adhesives: are adhesives really toxic? 7.2 - General precautions for handling adhesives 7.2.1 - Pictograms 7.2.2 - Training for handling adhesives 7.3 - Hazardous characteristics of the most common adhesives 7.3.1 -Structural adhesives 7.3.2 - Non-structural adhesives 7.4 - Surface preparation precautions 7.5 - Adhesive application precautions 7.6 - Environmental protection 7.6.1 - Air 7.6.2 - Water 7.6.3 - Soil Chapter 8 - DESIGN OF BONDED JOINTS 8.1 - Main loading modes on adhesive joints 8.2 - Main adhesive joint geometries 8.3 - Joint strength prediction using analytical methods 8.3.1 - Determination of stresses acting on an adhesive joint 8.3.2 - Failure criteria for bonded joints 8.4 - Joint strength prediction using numerical methods 8.5 - Parameters which affect joint performance 8.5.1 - Effect of adhesive thickness 8.5.2 - Effect of overlap length 8.5.3 - Effect of temperature and thermal stresses 8.6 - Methods to improve joint strength 8.6.1 - Adhesive fillet 8.6.2 - Mixed adhesive joints 8.6.3 - Functionally graded joints 8.6.4 - Hybrid joints 8.7 - Case studies Case study 1 - Effect of adhesive type on joint strength Case study 2 - Effect of overlap length and adherend type Case study 3 - Effect of adhesive thickness Case study 4 - Strength prediction of adhesive joints with composite adherends Case study 5 - Strength prediction of a SLJ with cohesive zone modelling Case study 6 - Effect of thermal stresses on adhesive joints Chapter 9 - DURABILITY OF ADHESIVELY BONDED JOINTS 9.1 - Environmental effects 9.1.1 - Hygrothermal ageing 9.1.2 - Temperature 9.2 - Loading conditions 9.2.1 - Fatigue 9.2.2 - Creep Chapter 10 - CASE STUDIES 10.1 - Vehicle construction 10.2 - Seat fixation in passenger trains 10.3 - Aeronautical applications 10.4 - Flexible cooling circuits 10.5 - Glass to metal bonding in appliances 10.6 - Roof coverings 10.7 - Shoe manufacture 10.8 - Food packaging

and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial, he obtained his PhD in Adhesive mechanical characterization in 2017 from the Iran University of Science and Technology (Iran). He has published 17 ISI paper mainly on adhesive characterization. His papers were cited 60 times and correspond to an h-index of 4 (SCOPUS, 01/2020).