In this study, the load-carrying capacity of a single-lap joint bonded by an adhesive was determined experimentally. Glass fiber-epoxy composite material was chosen as adherends and Loctite 1 9466 A&B2 was used as adhesive. The vacuum assisted resin infusion method (VARIM) was used to manufacture composites. In this experimental study, the effects of hole drilling and temperature were investigated. Five hole configurations and three temperatures (room temperature, 50 C, and 80 C) were considered. The results show that hole drilling elevate the failure load and when the temperature increases the load-carrying capacity decreases.

In this study, the influence of size and location of embedded delamination on impact behavior of laminated composite was investigated, experimentally. The specimens were produced as for with and without delamination by vacuum assisted resin infusion molding method (VARIM). CEAST-Fractovis plus impact test machine was used in the experiments.As a result of the experiments, the location of delamination on the impact behavior was seen to be more effective than the size of delamination.