Rion, J.Leterrier, Y.Månson, J.-A. E.2008-09-302008-09-302008-09-30200810.1016/j.compositesa.2008.05.022https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/30001WOS:000264560500023The formation of resin fillet between honeycomb core cell walls and skin in light sandwich structures was studied to gain a better understanding of the bonding process. A method was developed for tailoring the amount of adhesive between 8 and 80 g/m2. The size of the adhesive menisci and the contact angles between the adhesive and the skin and the core materials were measured. A model was developed to predict the size of the menisci, based on the surface energy of skin and honeycomb materials. When adhesive films were used for bonding, up to 50% of the adhesive did not form the menisci whereas 100 % did when the newly-developed adhesive deposition method was used, which allowed better bonding with lower weight.A: HoneycombB: DebondingAdhesive meniscustext::journal::journal article::research article