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This paper presents the experimental results of a study investigating the effect of holes and notches made on
the overlap ends on the strength of adhesive joints. Single-lap joints made of S235JR steel sheets bonded with
Araldite 2024-2 epoxy adhesive were tested. For comparative reasons, static shear strength tests and high-cycle
fatigue strength tests were performed. Adhesive-filled joints having three holes, each with a diameter of 3 mm, and
notches, each 3 mm wide and 4 mm long, were tested and compared with reference joints, i.e. without modifica-
tion. The assumption was to determine whether the structural modifications would reduce the peak peel and shear
stresses that are typical of this type of joints. Results of the static strength tests showed no significant effect of the
applied modifications on the strength of the joints. However, in terms of fatigue strength, the results demonstrated
a significant improvement in fatigue life, the value of which increased in the low-cycle fatigue region by 328.6%
for the joint with notches and by 640.8% for the joint with holes. A smaller yet still positive effect of the applied
modifications was shown for high-cycle fatigue. For a variable load with the maximum value of 9 MPa, the fatigue
life increased by 215.9% for the variant with notches and by 183.3% for the variant with holes. Surface topography
of fatigue fractures was examined by determining roughness parameters on the overlap ends in the samples. Sig-
nificant differences were shown, with the selected roughness parameters being significantly lower for the reference
variant than for the variants with notches and holes. It was shown that the applied structural modifications led to
increasing the fatigue strength to 8.5 MPa for the limit number of cycles equal to 2·106, when compared to the
reference variant for which the fatigue strength was 8 MPa.
