SEDL / STP / STP138-EB / STP44031S

Nondestructive Determination of Mechanical Properties and Deterioration of Adhesives

Dietz Albert, G H
Professor of Structural Engineering, Director, Plastics Research Laboratory; Staff Member, Division of Industrial Cooperation; Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry, respectively, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.

Bockstruck, Herman N
Professor of Structural Engineering, Director, Plastics Research Laboratory; Staff Member, Division of Industrial Cooperation; Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry, respectively, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.

Epstein, George
Professor of Structural Engineering, Director, Plastics Research Laboratory; Staff Member, Division of Industrial Cooperation; Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry, respectively, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.

Pages: 14    Published: Jan 1953

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Abstract

Engineering adhesives are assuming increasing importance in structures of various kinds. Their mechanical properties and their deterioration under adverse conditionsare, consequently, factors of considerable importance. A program of research has therefore been sponsored by Army Ordnance to investigate nonbiological factors leading to the deterioration of such adhesives, particularly in metal to metal bonds.