structural adhesive

structural adhesive

[′strək·chə·rəl ad′hē·siv] (materials) An adhesive capable of bearing loads of considerable magnitude; a structural adhesive will not fail when a bonded joint prepared from the thickness of metal, or other material typical for that industry, is stressed to its yield point.

structural adhesive

A bonding agent used to prepare bonded joints which are able to sustain very high loads.