A method for detection and classiication of defects originating from rivet holes in a riveted lap-joint using eddy current (EC) inspection is presented in this paper. The EC-signals were acquired from a number of lap-joints using a tailor-made deep penetrating probe, and a digital single frequency EC-instrument. A number of rivets in the lap-joints had defects located in the second layer of the...

The use of structural adhesives in automotive industry is increasing steadily, as manufacturers become aware of the advantages that adhesives can offer, compared with the conventional techniques. However, not only the adhesive properties must be analyzed, the geometry must be taken into account as well 1 . It is theoretically and experimentally proved that, adhesive joints are more reliable tha...

In this paper, considering an adhesively bonded composite single-lap joint, a novel approach is presented to predict the peel and shear stress distributions of the adhesive layer for an ASTM standard test sample. In current method, the equilibrium equations are derived using the energy method and based on the Timoshenko’s beam theory. Two solution procedures then are discussed, one of which rep...