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This chapter presents analytical approach for determining stress and strength of adhesively bonded joints. Selected applications of adhesively bonded joints are discussed first, and then mathematical models for stress analysis of these joints are outlined. Various closed-form solutions for adhesive stresses and edge bending moment for balanced single-lap joints are presented and compared. The method for finding analytical solutions for asymmetric and unbalanced adhesive joints is also discussed. Explicit expressions for mode I and mode II energy release rates for cohesive failure and interfacial debonding are presented for asymmetric joints with a semi-infinitive length subjected to general load combinations.

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The authors are grateful for the support of the Australian Research Council via a Discovery Projects grant (DP140104408).

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  1. School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia

    Liyong Tong & Quantian Luo

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

    Lucas F. M. da Silva

  2. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Esslingen University of Applied Sciences, Esslingen, Germany

    Andreas Öchsner

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

    Robert D. Adams

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Tong, L., Luo, Q. (2018). Analytical Approach. In: da Silva, L., Öchsner, A., Adams, R. (eds) Handbook of Adhesion Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55411-2_24

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