Summary of durability aspects

The main durability aspects of bonded joints may now be summarised

as follows:

(1) water is a particularly aggressive environment for bonded joints, especially when the bonded assembly is also subjected to conditions of relatively high (normal) stress and temperature

(2) joints comprising adherends possessing high surface free energies, e. g. metals, are particularly susceptible to environ­mental attack. Failure usually occurs at the adhesive/substrate interface

(3) the principal mechanisms of environmental failure identified are:

(a) displacement of adhesive on the metal oxide by water, due

Epoxide

Pretreatments

Discipline/

Adher.

(followed by

Adhesion

Reference (No)

application

cold

hot

mat(s)

degreasing)

promoters

Andrews & Stevenson (117)

UK

chem/academic

/

ti

polish

Allen et at. (66)

UK

aerospace

/

al

various practical’

Althof (41, 95)

Ger

DFVLR

/

al

chem etch

Bascom (108)

USA

admiralty

/

al

chem etch

Bethune (118)

USA

aerospace

/

al

chem etch

Bodnar (119)

USA

various

/

al

various

Brewis et at. (94, 120)

UK

chem/academic

/

al

various

Brockmann (121)

Ger

DFVLR

/

al. st

various

Cherry & Thompson (109, 110) Aus

chem/eng

/

al

chem etch

Comyn (90)

UK

chem/academic

/

al

various

Cotter (93)

UK

aerospace

/

al. ti

chem etch

Hockney (92)

UK

aerospace

/

al. ti

chem etch

Wake (37)

UK

chem/academic

/

a]

chem etch

Krieger (64)

USA

aerospace

/

al

chem etch

Minford (122, 123)

USA

aerospace

/

/

al

various

McMillan (59, 60)

USA

aerospace

/

al

various

primers

Venables (124)

USA

aerospace

/

al

various

primers

Albrecht (34)

USA

civ eng/bridges

/

/

St

Blight (125)

SA

civ eng

/

st, cone

?

Bowditch & Stannard (113)

UK

admiralty

/

st, cfrp

grit blast

SPT

Brockmann (53)

Ger

DFVLR

/

/

St

grit blast

Calder (126)

UK

civ eng/TRRL

/

st, cone

grit blast

some primed

Lloyd & Calder (127)

UK

civ eng/TRRL

/

st, cone

grit blast

Mastronardi et at. (112)

1

chem/academic

/

st

sandblast

primers

Garnish (128)

UK

adhesive manufr.

/

st, s/st

various

Gledhill & Kinloch (106)

UK

MOD/weapons

/

st

grit blast

Gledhill et at. (129)

UK

MOD/weapons

/

st

grit blast

Gettings & Kinloch (114)

UK

MOD/weapons

/

st

grit blast

silane

Gettings & Kinloch (130)

UK

MOD/weapons

/

s/st

chem etch

silane

Hutchinson (115)

UK

civ eng

/

st

various

silane

Kinloch & Shaw (28)

UK

MOD/weapons

/

st

various

silane

Jones & Swamy (131)

UK

civ eng/repair

/

st/conc

Ladner & Weder (132)

Swi

civ eng/repair

/

st/conc

grit blast

primer

Nara & Gasparini (133)

USA

civ eng/bridges

/

st

grit blast

Stevenson (134)

UK

chem/offshore

st

grit blast

primer

Sykes (107)

UK

phys/academic

/

st

various

Trawinski (135)

USA

aerospace

/

st

cold chem etch

primers

Walker (136)

UK

AW RE/we apons

/

st

grit blast

silane

References grouped more or

less

al

aluminium & alloy

alphabetically in relation to adherend materials

efrp

carbon fibre reinf. plastic

cone

concrete

st

steel

s/st

stainless steel

ti

titanium

Fracture

Joint

Const

Exposure

mechanics

Interface

type(s)

stress

environment

approach

problem

Remarks

‘blister’

water

/

/

lap

water

/

evaluation of adhesives and pretreatments for aircraft repair

‘thick’ lap

water

bondline shear stress-strain response

various

/

water

some

/

REVIEW: stress corrosion

cleavage

/

water

/

/

test techniques

various

some

various

some

/

collection of papers

lap

water

/

water diffusion through adhesive

lap

/

water, outdoor

/

‘special’

water

/

/

effect of shrinkage stress

various

water

/

REVIEW: water diffusion

lap

some

outdoor

/

most extensive weathering trials

various

some

outdoor

ever reported and analysed for

lap

some

outdoor

/

temperate and tropical exposure

various

some

water

some

/

design data

lap

some

water, outdoor

/

includes tropical exposure

various

some

water, outdoor

some

/

REVIEWS: pretreatments and test methods

various

some

water

some

/

REVIEW: bond durability

various

some outdoor

work in progress

various

some

heat

creep, thermal props only

butt

some

water

/

‘sacrificial’ pretreatment technology

lap

water, outdoor

/

REVIEW: pretreatment

plated beams

some

outdoor

/

‘strength’ of ext. reinf. cone beams

dye

/

microstructural investigation

coatings

water

/

coatings & corrosion

lap

water

/

test durations too short

butt

water

/

thermodynamic approach

butt

water

/

/

failure ‘model’

butt

water

/

surface analysis

lap

water

/

/

surface analysis

cleavage

/

water

/

/

evaluation of adhesives

various

some

water

/

/

REVIEW: fracture mechanics

plated beams

some

water

in progress: ‘strength’ only?

plated beams

some

/

feasibility study

lap & butt

some

water

/

/

rubber/metal bond durability

‘special’

water

/

REVIEW: pretreatment

lap

water

/

/

‘new’ pretreatment process

wedge

water

/

coatings & corrosion

‘pulloff & torque shear

outdoor

work in progress

water = liquid or vapour

different liquid compositions constant or intermittent exposure different temperatures

Summary of durability aspects

Exposure in Mauritius

Key to epoxide adhesive

numbers

No.

Hardener type

1

aliphatic amine

2

polyamine

4

aromatic amine

6

aliphatic amine

14

polysulphide

 

to the rupture of secondary bonds. This may be predicted from thermodynamic considerations

(b) loss of strength and failure of the metal oxide itself due to subtle changes, e. g. hydration

(c) hydrolysis in the boundary layer of adhesive adjacent to the adherend surface, the properties of this layer being different from those of the bulk adhesive

(d) the formation of interfacial pressure pockets by osmosis, if soluble salts are present on the substrate surface

(e) interfacial corrosion, which may or may not be a post­failure phenomenon

(4) The kinetics of environmental failure are influenced by the diffusion of water through the adhesive. This may be altered by changing the adhesive’s composition

(5) • appropriate surface pretreatments must be employed to create

water-stable forces acting across the interface. The significance of this aspect is immense.

Information on the natural weathering behaviour of joints is very useful. By combining this information with data from ‘accelerated’ laboratory tests, some realistic predictions of service-lifetime may be made. Theoretical models of the pattern of bondline saturation of joints as a function of time of environmental exposure provide a useful appreciation of the possible extent of problems (e. g. Fig. 4.21). The process of joint failure, as observed in practice or in the laboratory, is frequently non-diagnostic; i. e. it rarely reveals the true cause, or the series of stages, leading to deterioration or failure.

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