The Working Principles of a Multifunctional Bondline with Disbond Stopping and Health Monitoring Features for Composite Structures

In comparison to bolted joints, structural bonds are the desirable joining method for light-weight composite structures. To achieve a broad implementation of this technology in safety critical structures, the issues of structural bonds due to their complex and often unpredictable failure mechanisms have to be overcome. The proposed multifunctional bondline approach aims at solving this by adding two safety mechanisms to structural bondlines....