@article{banks_choi_durso_ito_2001, title={Nonlinear exothermic contributions to radio-frequency bonding of adhesives}, volume={2}, ISSN={["1468-1218"]}, DOI={10.1016/S0362-546X(00)00110-3}, abstractNote={This work describes an e ort to model the radio-frequency curing of epoxy adhesives in bonding of composites.We present a model based on the three-dimensional heat equation which includes nonlinear heat generating terms.A constructive proof of existence and uniqueness of solutions to our governing equations is given, providing a framework for the development of a computational method.Furthermore, using experimental data, we apply the numerical method to study the importance of the nonlinear contributions of an internal exothermic reaction which takes place as the adhesive cures.}, number={3}, journal={NONLINEAR ANALYSIS-REAL WORLD APPLICATIONS}, author={Banks, HT and Choi, MG and Durso, SR and Ito, K}, year={2001}, month={Sep}, pages={357–386} }