Lucas FM da Silva is Full Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP). He leads the Advanced Joining Processes Unit (AJPU) of the Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering (INEGI). He is Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Adhesion. Robert D. Adams is Emeritus Professor of Applied Mechanics at the University of Bristol and Visiting Professor at the Universities of Oxford and Oxford Brookes. In 2011, he was awarded the R.L. Patrick Fellowship of the US Adhesion Society. He has been Joint Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives since 1999.

• Chapter 1. Open assembly time of water-borne polyvinyl acetate (PVAc) wood adhesives affected by various factors.- Chapter 2. Engineering technology and preparation of coating systems made with epoxy resin-based bonding agents modified with the addition of granite powder sourced from quarry wastes.- Chapter 3. Mechanical and adhesive properties of cement-lime plasters modified with waste granite powder.- Chapter 4. Characterization of fast adhesive curing reactions - A novel experimental setup.- Chapter 5. Material Extrusion on Enameled Steel Surfaces.- Chapter 6. The effect of the viscosity and the contact angle on the pull-off strength of epoxy resin modified with waste granite powders.- Chapter 7. Investigation of the Cleaning Effectiveness of Laser Radiation for Improved Adhesion on Glass Dust Contaminated Glass Fiber Reinforced Polyamide 6.- Chapter 8. Structural bonding of thin-walled magnesium die cast components.- Chapter 9. The behaviour of CFRP adhesive joints under differentloading rates.- Chapter 10. Long-term resistant bonding between wood and aluminium alloy for hybrid lightweight composites.- Chapter 11. Multiaxial fatigue life assessment of adhesive joints based on the concepts of critical planes: Stress-based approaches.

Lucas FM da Silva is Full Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP). He leads the Advanced Joining Processes Unit (AJPU) of the Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering (INEGI). He is Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Adhesion. Robert D. Adams is Emeritus Professor of Applied Mechanics at the University of Bristol and Visiting Professor at the Universities of Oxford and Oxford Brookes. In 2011, he was awarded the R.L. Patrick Fellowship of the US Adhesion Society. He has been Joint Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives since 1999.

• Chapter 1. Open assembly time of water-borne polyvinyl acetate (PVAc) wood adhesives affected by various factors.- Chapter 2. Engineering technology and preparation of coating systems made with epoxy resin-based bonding agents modified with the addition of granite powder sourced from quarry wastes.- Chapter 3. Mechanical and adhesive properties of cement-lime plasters modified with waste granite powder.- Chapter 4. Characterization of fast adhesive curing reactions - A novel experimental setup.- Chapter 5. Material Extrusion on Enameled Steel Surfaces.- Chapter 6. The effect of the viscosity and the contact angle on the pull-off strength of epoxy resin modified with waste granite powders.- Chapter 7. Investigation of the Cleaning Effectiveness of Laser Radiation for Improved Adhesion on Glass Dust Contaminated Glass Fiber Reinforced Polyamide 6.- Chapter 8. Structural bonding of thin-walled magnesium die cast components.- Chapter 9. The behaviour of CFRP adhesive joints under differentloading rates.- Chapter 10. Long-term resistant bonding between wood and aluminium alloy for hybrid lightweight composites.- Chapter 11. Multiaxial fatigue life assessment of adhesive joints based on the concepts of critical planes: Stress-based approaches.

Lucas FM da Silva is Full Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP). He leads the Advanced Joining Processes Unit (AJPU) of the Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering (INEGI). He is Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Adhesion. Robert D. Adams is Emeritus Professor of Applied Mechanics at the University of Bristol and Visiting Professor at the Universities of Oxford and Oxford Brookes. In 2011, he was awarded the R.L. Patrick Fellowship of the US Adhesion Society. He has been Joint Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives since 1999.

• Chapter 1. Open assembly time of water-borne polyvinyl acetate (PVAc) wood adhesives affected by various factors.- Chapter 2. Engineering technology and preparation of coating systems made with epoxy resin-based bonding agents modified with the addition of granite powder sourced from quarry wastes.- Chapter 3. Mechanical and adhesive properties of cement-lime plasters modified with waste granite powder.- Chapter 4. Characterization of fast adhesive curing reactions - A novel experimental setup.- Chapter 5. Material Extrusion on Enameled Steel Surfaces.- Chapter 6. The effect of the viscosity and the contact angle on the pull-off strength of epoxy resin modified with waste granite powders.- Chapter 7. Investigation of the Cleaning Effectiveness of Laser Radiation for Improved Adhesion on Glass Dust Contaminated Glass Fiber Reinforced Polyamide 6.- Chapter 8. Structural bonding of thin-walled magnesium die cast components.- Chapter 9. The behaviour of CFRP adhesive joints under differentloading rates.- Chapter 10. Long-term resistant bonding between wood and aluminium alloy for hybrid lightweight composites.- Chapter 11. Multiaxial fatigue life assessment of adhesive joints based on the concepts of critical planes: Stress-based approaches.