... confidence in the durability of bonded designs. Thus, our activities were focused on aspects which might affect durability from an application point of view, not from a purely academic one. Especially in Germany, the confidence of the authorities in this joining technique has to be strengthened...

... bonding are assessed in a similar way as previously done for the U-type bonding geometry. Finally, the paper concludes by directly comparing all investigated bonding geometries with respect to durability aspects. 26 06 2008 12 12 2008 30 01 2009 structural glazing bonding design...