Enhancing fatigue life in adhesively bonded joints using reduced graphene oxide additive: Experimental and numerical evaluation

The present study aimed at exploring the effect of the addition of the reduced graphene oxide (RGO) as a reinforcement element on the fatigue behavior of adhesively bonded lap joints. Hence, two sets of specimens were produced with neat adhesive and adhesive-RGO composites and fatigue tests were conducted. Comparing the results showed that an impressive fatigue life enhancement of 130% occurred in high cycle fatigue range of the reinforced...