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Adhesively bonded joints can be no stronger than the interface between the adhesive and the members being bonded together. In-service bond failures have always been associated with weak interfaces, for both metal and composite adherends. While most people acknowledge that adhesive bonding of metallic structures requires strict adherence to proper processes, many people unthinkingly accept the notion that it is easy to make epoxy stick to epoxy, for example, and pay no attention to the need for proper processing for the adhesive bonding of composite structures.
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Hart-Smith, L.J., Brown, D., Wong, S. (1998). Surface Preparations for Ensuring that the Glue Will Stick in Bonded Composite Structures. In: Peters, S.T. (eds) Handbook of Composites. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6389-1_30
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