Effect of adhesive and nanocomposite layers on lap shear strength of layup bonded joints

In this paper, the effect of each method consists of a new adhesive layup method of neat adhesive and nanocomposite layer, and simple bonded (SB) joint was proposed in single-lap joints (SLJ). The graphene nanoparticles (GNPs) were added to Araldite 2011 adhesive, and steel 304 was selected as adherends. Two types of graphene (types I and II) were used in nanocomposite construction, that their main differences were in the characteristics of...