Numerical calculations of adhesive joints subjected to shearing

The paper proposes a method for determination of mechanical properties of adhesive layers (necessary for numerical calculations) by means of samples from a glue cast subjected to compression as well as a method of taking adhesion into account in numerical calculations of adhesive bonds. Additionally, a method of numerical modelling of adhesive bonds subjected to shearing was proposed. It was proved that, due to the actual shape of the adhesive layer edge, it can be modelled by one layer of finite elements in numerical calculations.