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To the best of the authors\u2019 knowledge, there is no published work on the assessment of bending strength in single-lap adhesive joints (SLJs) when considering dissimilar adherends under three-point bending. In this study, three-point bend experiments were carried on the bending strength and the failure mechanisms of dissimilar SLJs made of carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) and aluminum substrates bonded with Araldite 2015 adhesive. Additional experiments were conducted individually on similar SLJs, including aluminum\/aluminum and CFRP\/CFRP, to investigate and compare the effects of adherend material type on the bending strength and failure behavior of SLJs. The results indicate that a CFRP\/CFRP single-lap adhesive joint exhibits significantly higher joint strength in comparison to an aluminum\/aluminum single-lap adhesive joint under three-point bending. The strength of dissimilar CFRP\/aluminum single-lap joints usually falls between that of an aluminum\/aluminum and that of a CFRP\/CFRP single-lap adhesive joint. When the CFRP adherend is situated at the bottom of the joint in three-point bending, it imparts significantly greater joint strength and deformation compared to situations where the aluminum adherend is placed at the bottom.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/app132312879","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,12,1]],"date-time":"2023-12-01T03:58:02Z","timestamp":1701403082000},"page":"12879","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":23,"title":["Characterization of Bending Strength in Similar and Dissimilar Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced Polymer\/Aluminum Single-Lap Adhesive Joints"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5642-7423","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jamal","family":"Bidadi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Automotive Fluid and Structures Analysis Research Laboratory, School of Automotive Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Tehran 13114-16846, Iran"}]},{"given":"Hamed","family":"Saeidi Googarchin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Automotive Fluid and Structures Analysis Research Laboratory, School of Automotive Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Tehran 13114-16846, Iran"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7168-7079","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alireza","family":"Akhavan-Safar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (INEGI), 4200-465 Porto, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1933-0865","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ricardo J. 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