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Adhesive bonding has become a promising joining technique, by satisfying the needs of diverse industrial fields. Several joint configurations are available for the designer, and the most common and exhaustively studied are single-lap, double-lap and scarf joints (Petrie in Handbook of adhesives and sealants. McGraw-Hill, New York, 2000; Moreira and Campilho in Eng Struct 101:99–110, 2015). Stepped-lap...