“…Spring-type models are also widely used (Benveniste and Miloh, 2001;Geymonat et al, 1999;Goland and Reissner, 1944;Hashin, 2002;Klarbring, 1991). There is a wide literature exploiting beam theories in the analysis of adhesive joints (Ascione and Mancusi, 2012;Bennati et al, 2009;Cheng et al, 1991;Goland and Reissner, 1944;Jiang et al, 2017;Kanninen, 1974;Kondo, 1995;Luo and Tong, 2004;Olsson, 1992;Qiao and Wang, 2004;Su and Gao, 2014;Whitney, 1989;Williams, 1989;Wu and Jenson, 2011;Wu and Zhao, 2013;Zou et al, 2013), just to cite a few. Other studies focus on obtaining composite beam theories via a rigorous asymptotic analysis, see e.g.…”