In order to investigate the effect of tensile shear-induced bending deformation of sheet metals in adhesively bonded single-lap joint on the shear strength of adhesive, in the present work, tensile lap shear experiments on an aluminium sheet joint bonded with the acrylic adhesive were performed at room temperature. Since this type of adhesive has strong rate sensitivity in flow stress, bending deformation becomes larger with increasing tensile speeds. For the prediction of bending deformation, a numerical analysis of elastic-plastic bending deformation of singlelap sheet metals is presented.