Analysis of shear strength of cylindrical assemblies with anaerobic adhesives using Weibull statistics

A statistical method to study the reliability of cylindrical anaerobic adhesively-bonded assemblies is presented in this work. An anaerobic adhesive was used to manufacture four groups of bonds with different gaps, but with the same surface pre-treatment and curing position. Shear strength values were obtained and used to determine reliability of all adhesive bonds using the Weibull statistical distribution. Although the Weibull analysis has been widely used in the study of composite materials, its application in adhesive bonds is being explored now. A two-parameter Weibull distribution was employed to execute the Weibull analysis, using an estimator that renders a more realistic Weibull modulus value, as other estimators were found to subestimate or overestimate this value. Weibull modulus values were obtained for adhesive bonds with different gaps to study their reliability, and these results have been compared with the shear strength results.