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With adhesive bonding, design can be oriented towards lighter structures because of the direct weight savings over fastened or welded joints and also due to the flexibility to joint different materials. Cohesive Zone Models (CZM) are a powerful design tool, although the CZM laws of the adhesive bond in tension and shear are required as input in the models. This work experimentally evaluates the shear...