Nondestructive Evaluation of Adhesive Bond Quality: State of the Art Review

Abstract

This state-of-the-art report describes the bonding process, the destructive methods used to measure bond strength, and the various NDE methods that have been evaluated for determining the quality of a bond. These NDE methods include sonics, ultrasonics, acoustic emission, nuclear magnetic resonance, x-ray and neutron radiography, optical holography, and thermography. Each of these methods has shown some limited success in detecting debond conditions. At the present time, however, it appears that only the sonic, ultrasonic, and nuclear magnetic resonance methods have the potential capability to differentiate qualitatively the gradations between a good bond and a debond and thus provide a correlation to bond strength. Nondestructive testing; Adhesive bonds; Adhesive bond testing; Adhesive bond strength; Sonic testing; Ultrasonic testing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA210051

Entities

People

  • G. M. Light
  • Hegeon Kwun

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Propagation
  • Biomedical And Dental Materials
  • Fiber Reinforced Composites
  • Fiber Reinforced Polymers
  • Laminates
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Mechanical Working
  • Mechanics
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Plastics
  • Reinforced Plastics
  • Resins

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Medical Imaging.
  • Quantum Chemistry
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.