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3rd European Congress on Adhesive and Sealant Raw Materials STICK! 2003 also published in
European Adhesives & Sealants EAS
June 2003 Vol 20 No 2		and COATING - Internationale Fachzeitschrift für chemische und technische Beschichtung, Klebstoffe, Druckfarben-Chemie, Lacke und Druckfarben
7 - 2003, S. 294		 PDF-Version

Finite Element Analyses for Selecting and Developing Adhesive Systems


3rd European Congress on Adhesive and Sealant Raw Materials STICK! 2003


10. April 2003


Dipl.-Ing. Thorsten Böger, Institut für Schweißtechnik, TU Braunschweig

Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Schmöller, immersive SIM engineering GmbH, München


Abstract

Today, adhesive systems can be precisely tailored to user's demands in a wide spectrum.

This presentation points out the possibilities of using simulation tools with the objective of selecting or developing adhesive systems that fulfill particular requirements best as can.

Examples show how to develop an optimal virtual adhesive system, making the best compromise of properties between a variety of mutually contradictory demands.

Using stochastic simulations, properties can be found which represent the most powerful factor to yield an effective improvement. Next to this macroscopic point of view methods are described that consider micromechanical effects of fillers on thermal and electrical characteristics of the adhesive.