BS EN 15190 specifies test procedures for determining the long-term durability of an adhesive system subjected to environmental and fatigue loads. The procedures are based upon measurement of the crack growth rate and the resistance to crack propagation through the adhesive layer in double cantilever beam type specimens under an applied mode I opening cycling loading.
The test method has been proven to be particularly sensitive in finding weaknesses within certain adhesive systems and is recommended as a scientific tool to study adhesion properties. This test method may be used to determine:
BS EN 15190 on structural adhesives is for:
Susceptibility to fatigue crack growth under hot humid conditions is one of the major concerns for the durability assessment of bonded metallic joints. Knowledge of the long-term durability of bonded joints is useful for product development and material selection.
BS EN 15190 provides different procedures and methods for assessing long term durability of bonded metallic structures.
BS EN 15190 provides you with apparatus, sampling, transport, storage, and preparation of test pieces, preparation of reagents and apparatus, pre-treatment of test pieces, test procedure, and much more.
The specifications given in BS EN 15190 enable you to standardize the quality of adhesives which contributes a lot to maintaining the high quality and efficient functioning.
EN 15190:2007