The Boeing Company

Michael J Badgley

Aaron Coon

Gary D Benham

Emily Przybelinski

Panels are assembled using tab and slot joints. The panels are bonded together at the joints by injecting an adhesive through passageways in one of the panels into internal cavities formed between the tabs and the slots.

Method of assembling panels and adhesively bonded joints used therein

An apparatus for adhering coupons together for adhesive shear testing may include a first member, a second member, at least one alignment device, and at least one separation device. The first member may have at least one first member cavity for holding at least one first member coupon. The second member may have at least one second member cavity for holding an overlapping area of at least one second member coupon adjacent to and separate from the at least one first member coupon. The overlapping area of the at least one second member coupon may be adhered to the at least one first member coupon. The at least one alignment device may control a size of the overlapping area. The at least one separation device may control a separation distance between the overlapping area of the at least one second member coupon and the at least one first member coupon.

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Bothell, WA, United States of America

Michael J Badgley