Predicting the Macroscopic Shear Strength of Tightened-Bonded Joints from the Intrinsic High-Pressure Properties of Anaerobic Adhesives
, Pasqualino Corigliano 2,*, Calogero Barone 1, Vincenzo Crupi 2, Eugenio Dragoni 1 and Eugenio Guglielmino 2
Gerhard Ersdal
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
This is an experimental work on the shear strength under compression of two adhesives, with the presentation of a descriptive mathematical model. The results are in line with the model and seem reasonable, that is, there is nothing apparently strange in this manuscript. The novelty does not seem great to me either, however, it seems to me that the manuscript can be accepted based on the work of verification and confirmation of the model also on the work presented in other papers.
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Reviewer 2 Report
Line 124: I assume the reference should be to Figure 2 rather than Figure 1.
Line 138: Reference to origin for the model should be provided (ref 1 and 2?).
Line 171: The word "Figure" should be added prior to the number "3".
Line 265-267: This statement is rather important and should be mentioned in the text related to Figure 5 and not first mentioned in the Discussion section.
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Reviewer 3 Report
In this manuscript, in view of the research background, the literature has been consulted for a detailed analysis. And the strong and weak anaerobic adhesives test were carried out for high strength steel. The following suggestions and questions were proposed:
1. In the first part, there are many paragraphs detailing the use of anaerobic adhesives in specific situations, the content is very detailed, but the order is very messy. It is recommended to sort out the logic in the article.
2. The abstract is usually an introduction to the paper, and adding citations is not so reasonable.
3. In page 1. As reported in "[6]". It is recommended to replace "[6]" with the name of a specific institution or person.
4. Fig. 1 shows two accompanying pictures, but these two pictures do not have appropriate picture names. The description in Figure 1 says that anaerobic adhesives are used, but the specific use position is not marked. It is recommended to mark it in the figure.
5. In page 2. In a sentence, the cited literature is from the same author, it is recommended to put it together. [31], [32-35].
6. In page 5. The experimental material section suggests adding specific information on the anaerobic adhesives used, make the conclusions of the article more reliable.
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Reviewer 4 Report
The authors proposed a micromechanical model to predict the macroscopic shear strength of tightened bonded joints from the intrinsic high-pressure properties of anaerobic adhesives. The obtained result proved that this model is useful for predicting the shear strength. This paper is interesting but needs the following small revisions before acceptance.
Line 124:
“As described in Figure 1” should be “As described in Figure 2”.
For example, line 148:
Equation number should be given to all the equations.
Line 171:
“3 shows the geometry of the specimen used in the test plan” should be “Figure 3 shows the geometry of the specimen used in the test plan”.
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