ABSTRACT
Adhesive bonding is increasingly used in automobile, aeronautical, electrical engineering, and many other engineering fields. In these applications, adhesively bonded joints can face dynamic loadings. A good design of these joints is based on the analysis of the stress distributions along the joint. This can be undertaken using either numerical or analytical approaches. The derivation of analytical solutions is possible through some assumptions. However, this simplification effort can end up by closed -form solutions, which are used to carry out the first analysis or design. Since the work of Volkersen, several analytical solutions have been proposed to model the static response of adhesive joints. The shear-lag model was first introduced by Volkersen to predict the shear stress distribution in double -lap adhesive joints submitted to static loads. The adhesive layer and substrates are considered to be elastic. A pure shear deformation is assumed in the adhesive, whereas only one-dimensional axial deformation is allowed for the substrates.
