Adhesive Viscoelastic Response to Surfaces with Tailored Surface Chemistry

Abstract

Achieving weight reduction in lightweight structural and protection applications, multi-material assemblies are being proposed in several applications ranging from tactical wheeled vehicles, rotorcraft, and munitions. Adhesive bonding of dissimilar materials found in these systems is a critical technology in the production of lightweight energy absorbing structures. The design and control of the adhesive interfaces can contribute largely to overall performance to include structural load transfer as well as energy absorption during failure. Fundamental understanding of adhesive and interfacial mechanisms allows for the systematic design of multi-material assemblies with desired performance features. In this work, we present initial attempts to correlate adhesive viscoelastic parameters and interfacial bonding on the adhesion of urethane-acrylate adhesives to glass substrates.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA504365

Entities

People

  • A. A. Bujanda
  • E. J. Robinette
  • Robert E. Jensen
  • S. H. Mcknight

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acrylates
  • Adhesion
  • Adhesive Bonding
  • Adhesives
  • Assembly
  • Bonding
  • Chemistry
  • Isotherms
  • Materials
  • Strain Rate
  • Structural Loads
  • Substrates
  • Surface Chemistry
  • Urethanes
  • Weight
  • Weight Reduction

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Nanofabrication and Microfabrication.
  • Surface Coatings Technology.
  • Theoretical Analysis.