Numerical and Theoretical Analysis for Investigation of Shear strength of A Joint Established Using Adhesive for Automotive Application

It is becoming increasingly important to accurately predict the behavior of adhesive joints. Adhesive joints are widely used in industries e.g. automobiles, aircrafts, home appliances and so on. They are being used as a closure system in the packaging industry, through the use of adhesives as a system for construction of complex structures such as skyscrapers, airplanes, trains or buses etc. In adhesive bonding, the load is transmitted from one adherend to another adherend smoothly through the adhesive layer in the overlap region i.e. the adhesive serves as medium for load transmission. The research is presented with variants of different adhesive materials proposed for the shear strength investigation of adhesive joint to be used in the automotive industry. The problem is investigated using mathematical analysis as well as analytical methodology with Finite Element Analysis. For meshing of the geometry of the brake shoe assembly hyper mesh software is used. In FEA, the competent software ‘Abacus’ is used for determining the shear stress induced in two different materials of adhesive layer applied to the brake shoe. Different variants with different adhesive materials and geometry of base material are analyzed for concluding the research work.