The need to design lightweight structures and the increased use of lightweight materials in
industrial fields, have led to wide use of adhesive bonding. Recent work relating to finite …

The application of fibre-reinforced polymers (FRP) for strengthening timber structures has
proven its efficiency in enhancing load-bearing capacity and, in some cases, the stiffness of …

This book brings value to anyone working with or designing natural fiber composite
structures. It helps readers understand the value these materials can add to projects, how to …

The tensile performance of adhesively bonded CFRP joints has been investigated
experimentally. In this study, overlap length, adherend thickness, adherend width and scarf …

Timber is one of the most appealing and aesthetic construction materials with excellent
characteristics compared with other construction materials such as steel, concrete and clay …

Adhesives with functionally graded material properties are being considered for use in
adhesively bonded joints to reduce the peel stress concentrations located near adherend …

If there is one domain of civil engineering in which adhesives are currently booming, then it
is timber engineering. Natural adhesives have been used for centuries to structurally …

Due to the advantageous wind conditions, many new structures are planned offshore. The
construction of offshore structures with ever increasing sizes requires new concepts to cope …

The concept of density-graded foams has been proposed to simultaneously enhance strain
energy dissipation and the load-bearing capacities at a reduced structural weight. From a …

Adhesive bonding is increasingly being considered by engineers for load-bearing joints to
complement, or supplement, traditional mechanical fasteners for a large variety of structural …