Advances in Structural Adhesive Bonding

David A. Dillard is Adhesive and Sealant Science Professor, in the Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics Department at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA. He has worked extensively in the field of adhesive bonding, having experience in structural adhesives for aerospace, automotive, and infrastructure applications, adhesives and coatings for microelectronic applications, pressure sensitive adhesives, elastomeric adhesives and sealants, and polymeric membranes. Prof. Dillard has authored or co-authored over 185-refereed publications and regularly teaches courses in adhesion science, polymer viscoelasticity, and sustainable energy solutions. His research involves developing test methods and predictive models for understanding and estimating the performance and durability of polymeric materials, adhesives and bonded joints, using the principles of fracture mechanics and viscoelasticity. Over the past several years, he has become active in applying these concepts to sustainable energy products including proton exchange membrane fuel cells and solar photovoltaic applications. Prof. Dillard has received several awards in recognition of his research.

• Part One: Adhesive chemistries and formulations1 Advances in epoxy adhesives2 Advances in acrylic structural adhesives3 Advances in anaerobic adhesives4 Advances in polyurethane structural adhesives5 Advances in structural silicone adhesives6 Emerging structural adhesive chemistries and innovations7 Advances in toughening strategies for structural adhesivesPart Two: Adherends and surfaces: Addressing and troubleshooting bonding challenges8 Advances in cyanoacrylate structural adhesives9 What went wrong? Solving bonding challenges through surface science10 Advances in bonding plastics11 Structural bonds without an adhesive: Understanding adhesion of semicrystalline thermoplastic interfaces12 Adhesive joining of thermoplastic composites13 Advances in structural wood products adhesive bondingPart Three: Joint design, testing and modeling for performance & durability14 Improving joint performance through graded materials and geometries15 Standard test methods and their need to evolve16 Innovations in fracture testing of structural adhesive bonds17 Understanding fracture mode-mixity and its effects on bond performance18 Predicting adhesive bond performance19 Bondline thickness: Fracture mechanics perspective20 Evaluating and predicting fatigue behavior in adhesively bonded joints21 Durability and accelerated characterization of adhesive bonds22 High-rate testing of structural adhesives23 Application of high-throughput methodologies and artificial intelligence for adhesion testingPart Four: Adhesive specification, quality control, & risk mitigation24 Architected adhesive joints with improved fracture toughness25 Structural monitoring of adhesive joints using machine learning26 Aerospace structural bonding: Qualification, quality control, substantiation, and risk mitigation27 Automotive adhesives: Specification, qualification, and quality control28 Construction adhesives: Qualification, specification, quality control, and risk mitigation29 General industrial adhesive applications: Qualification, specification, quality control, and risk mitigation30 Digital image correlation: Advancing mechanical property characterization of adhesive joints31 Biomedical adhesives: Qualification, specification, quality control, and risk mitigationPart Five: Emerging technologies for structural bonding32 Sustainable adhesives: Bioadhesives, chemistries, recyclability, and reversibility33 Accelerated curing of bonded joints34 Residual stress development in curing processes: Material characterization and modeling35 Sensing stresses and damage in adhesive bonds using mechanophores