Ricardo Joao Camilo Carbas & Eduardo A. de Sousa Marques 
Adhesive Bonding Technology and Testing [PDF ebook] 

Part A: Instructions for practical demonstrations of adhesive bonding
Adhesive tape
Wetting of different surfaces
Use of superglue to highlight the importance of substrate and environmental conditions
Stresses in a rubber model
Water break test
Plasma treatment and dyne pens
Visual identification of defects
Tap test
Study of real joints used in aeronautical applications
Study of real joints used in automotive applications
Study of real joints used in shipbuilding
Part B: Laboratorial activities on adhesive bonding and report examples
Effect of surface treatment on the strength of bonded joints
Effect of adhesive type in the strength of bonded joints
Effect of adhesive thickness in the performance of bonded joints
Effect of the overlap length on the strength of bonded joints
Mechanical performance of bonded joints bonded with composites
Design of a real bonded joint for service under fatigue conditions
Design of a real bonded joint for service in harsh environmental conditions
Mechanical characterization of a structural adhesive
Part C: Exercises and problems in adhesive bonding
Advantages, disadvantages and applications of adhesive bonding
Surface preparation
Main families of adhesives and their characteristics
Manufacture process of bonded joints
Quality control procedures
Environment health and safety
Design of bonded joints
Durability of bonded joints

Lucas FM da Silva is Full Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP) and Director of the Integrated Master in Mechanical Engineering. He obtained his Ph D in structural adhesive bonding of composites from the University of Bristol (United Kingdom) in 2004 and Aggregation from FEUP in 2011.
Ricardo Carbas is a postdoctoral researcher in Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and an invited lecturer at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. He obtained his Ph D in adhesive bond technologies in 2013 from the University of Porto (Portugal).
Eduardo Marques is a postdoctoral researcher in Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and an invited lecturer at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. He obtained his Ph D in adhesive bond technologies in 2016 from the University of Porto (Portugal).
Ana Queirós Barbosa is currently a postdoctoral researcher in Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. She obtained her Ph D in Reinforcement adhesives in 2017 and MSc in Material Science from the University of Porto (Portugal).
Alireza Ahkavan-Safar is currently a postdoctoral researcher in Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. He obtained his Ph D in Adhesive mechanical characterization in 2017 from the Iran University of Science and Technology (Iran).