Self-piercing riveting (SPR) is a cold mechanical joining process used to join two or more
sheets of materials by driving a rivet piercing through the top sheet or the top and middle …

Mechanical joining processes by plastic deformation such as self-piercing riveting,
mechanical clinching and hemming for aluminium alloy and high strength steel sheets are …

轻量化作为汽车节能减排的重要手段, 得到世界各国的高度重视. 综合考虑成本,
性能及轻量化效果, 采用多材料混合车身设计成为未来最为重要的车身轻量化手段. 然而 …

As the scale and complexity of products such as aircraft and cars increase, demand for new
functional processes to join mechanical parts grows. The use of plastic deformation for …

Self-piercing riveting (SPR) is a cold forming technique used to fasten together two or more
sheets of materials with a rivet without the need to predrill a hole. The application of SPR in …

Mixed usage of dissimilar materials, such as aluminum alloys and steels, has become one of
the main means for vehicle body lightweighting. Due to the formation of hard and brittle …

We analyze the role of different rivet and die design parameters on the feasibility and quality
of the self-piercing riveting (SPR) joining of metallic sheet stacks. In particular, the riveting of …

One thin 5000 series aluminium alloy sheet and two thin 980 MPa grade cold rolled ultra-
high strength steel sheets were joined by self-pierce riveting and mechanical clinching …

The flat-clinching is attracting increasing attentions in the field of lightweight structures
because it does not form an exterior protrusion on the bottom sheet like the conventional …

The increased application of lightweight materials, such as aluminium has initiated many
investigations into new joining techniques for aluminium alloys. The resistance spot welding …