The present investigation provides the correct expressions of adhesive
stresses in Goland and Reissner's solution. An improvement on the inc
onsistent plane stress and plane strain relations using in Goland and
Reissner's original paper is achieved. A set of generalized equations
are suggested for the adhesive analysis in dissimilar adherends with d
ifferent thicknesses and lengths. Some comments on the proposed Europe
an code of polymer composites structural design are also given. (C) 19
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