Thisdocumentspecifiesameasuringmethodforthecharacterizationofrheologicalpropertiesofstructuraladhesivesusingoscillatoryrheometry. Moreover, thetestingprocedurecanbeappliedtothereactivemixtureofseveralcomponentsorthecomponentsofareactivebondingpastematerial. Theadvantageofthemethodincomparisontorotationalviscometrymeasurementsliesintheseparationofelasticandviscousmaterialproperties, thusallowingthedefiningoftheviscoelasticproperties. Thisenablesmorepreciseinformationconcerningtheflowbehaviourofthematerials, therebyresultinginabetterunderstandingoftheirprocessingproperties.

Themethoddescribedisparticularlysuitableforfilledandpaste-likeadhesives. Thesearefrequentlyprocessedusingautomatedpumpandapplicationsystemsinindustrialapplicationsandwillbesetpreciselyconsideringtheirrheologicalproperties. Astherheologicalbehaviourofuncuredadhesivesismostlyindependentoftheirpropertiesinthecuredstate, thedocumentcanalsoservefortheexaminationofnon-structuraladhesives.