Fabrication and curing conditions effects on the fatigue behavior of a structural adhesive

This paper investigates the effects of degassing, curing and post-curing conditions on the tensile quasi-static and fatigue behavior of a cold-curing structural epoxy adhesive. Quasi-static experiments performed at standardized and high displacement rates similar to those imposed to the material under fatigue loading, in order to derive comparable results from both loadings, and tensile-tensile fatigue tests at a fixed stress ratio, were carried...