BS 5350-C6:1990

This standard BS 5350-C6:1990 Methods of test for adhesives. Adhesively bonded joints: mechanical tests is classified in these ICS categories:

• 83.180 Adhesives

This Part of BS 5350 describes a procedure for determining the bond strength of a flat composite sandwich panel when subjected to a tensile force. The method is applicable to any type of adhesive over a wide range of test temperatures. It is also applicable to test pieces which have been subjected to one of a variety of environmental exposures before test.

This test is intended for ranking and quality control of adhesives and not for obtaining data for design purposes.

NOTE The adhesive bond strength may be greater than the cohesive strength of either the core material or the facing panels, but the test may still provide useful information if the type of failure is taken into account.

For panels with honeycomb or similar cores.