The automotive industry is facing on-going challenges to improve the sustainability of its
manufacturing processes and vehicle emissions due to economic, environmental …

Hybrid joining (HJ) is the combination of two or more joining techniques to produce joints
with enhanced properties in comparison to those obtained from their parent techniques …

The use of adhesive joints has gathered increasing interest in recent years due to their
advantages over conventional bonding techniques, namely lighter structures and decreased …

This paper provides a state-of-the-art review on adhesively bonded joints (ABJs) for
composite materials and structures, with a focus on the open literatures from 2016 to 2023 to …

An adhesive is a non-metallic substance used for the joining of two separate objects by
applying it either on one side or both the sides of objects. One of the classifications of …

Adhesive bonding between carbon fibre reinforced plastics (CFRPs) and aluminium alloys is
extensively practised to achieve optimum lightweight and reliable structures in the …

In order to improve the CFRTP/Al alloy laser assisted joining strength, a hybrid surface pre-
treating method was proposed in this paper. This hybrid method is adding PA material in the …

Surface treatments have been widely applied to a variety of metallic materials in order to
modify their physicochemical properties and to improve both strength and durability of …

The key strategic technology of automotive lightweight design advances the development of
light metal/carbon fiber reinforced polymer composite hybrid joining. In this work, Al alloy …

Composite materials such as Fiber Metal Laminates (FMLs) have attracted the interest of the
aerospace and automotive industries due to their high strength to weight ratio, but to use …