Meet the editor

Anna Rudawska, PhD, DSc, Eng, Associate Professor, is head of the Technological Processes and Systems Design Chair and since September 1, 2012 she has been Vice Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Lublin University of Technology, Poland. She is the author or coauthor of 230 scientific publications and several patents in the field of adhesives. She is a member of a number of international and national organizations, and a

reviewer and member of editorial boards of international journals. Her research activities are focused on the issues of analysis of the influence of technological and structural factors on polymer and metal adhesive joint strength, design of bonding technology, adhesive properties research, as well as issues related to receiving the appropriate adhesive properties to increase adhesive joint strength.

Contents

**Section 1**

*by David Strumpf*

Epoxy Adhesives

**Section 2**

*by ChulSoo Woo*

*by Jaber Khanjani*

*by Chulsoo Woo*

**Preface III**

Adhesive and Adhesive Joints Properties **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 15**

**Chapter 3 37**

**Chapter 4 51**

Applications of Adhesives and Adhesive Joints **67**

**Chapter 5 69**

**Chapter 6 89**

**Chapter 7 117**

Liquid Thread Locking Solution for Machinery Assembly Industry

Overhauling of Steel Pipes Using Vacuum Bagging Processed CFRP Patch *by Syam Kumar Chokka, Beera Satish Ben and Kowtha Venkata Sai Srinadh*

Classifying the Existing Continuum Theories of Ideal-Surface Adhesion

Evolving the Future of Smart Adhesives: Adhesives Utilizing Layers,

*by Belov Petr Anatolyevich, Lurie Sergey Albertovich* 

Composites and Substrates with Smart Materials

*by Chunfu Chen, Bin Li, Masao Kanari and Daoqiang Lu*

Functional Adhesive Trend for Assembly Industry

Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive Joints

*and Golovina Natalya Yakovlevna*
