Abstract
This study investigates the effect of autoclave cure time and bonded surface roughness on the static and fatigue performance of film-adhesive single lap joints. Joint static performance is assessed in terms of its load transfer capacity in a quasi-static tensile-shear test to failure. Effect on fatigue life under a mean and cyclic tensile-shear amplitude is also investigated. Two levels autoclave cure (soak) time and two levels of bond surface roughness are investigated. All other autoclaving process variables are kept constant; namely, the ramp rate of temperature rise/cooling, pressurization/depressurization, as well as the cure temperature and cure pressure levels. Test joints are made of aluminium-aluminium or aluminium-magnesium adherends, joined with a polyurethane film adhesive. The results suggest that: an increase of the surface roughness is beneficial to static strength and detrimental to fatigue strength; an increase of the autoclave soak (cure) time is beneficial both to static and fatigue strength. Test data, failure mode analysis, discussion, observations and conclusions are provided.
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