Structural lightweighting through the effective use of multiple materials has received
increasing attention for fulfilling today's demands for environmental sustainability in …

The development towards higher individualization and functional density pushes the need
towards a flexible production of multi-material and lightweight components. In this paper …

Laser material processing is a technology with an increasing number of industrial
applications, especially for aviation and automotive. The present keynote paper focusses on …

Fiber metal-laminates, which are based on titanium and a self-reinforced biocompatible
polylactide (srPLA), are a promising approach to extend the range of materials for medical …

Laser structuring is by far the most investigated metal surface-pretreatment method for
creating adhesion in polymer–metal hybrids. Especially, cone-like protrusions show …

It is demonstrated that a lamellar crystalline structure may form near the metal–polymer
interface during the comolding of metal–thermoplastic joints. The influence of the crystalline …

In this article, we evaluated the mechanical response of laser-joined EN AW-6082
aluminium alloy and polypropylene (PP) specimens under quasi-static and cyclic shear …

The importance of hybrid composites is increasing, particularly with regard to structural
lightweight construction. Therefore, a joining process for the production of hybrid bonds …

The temperature-and time-dependent penetration of surface structures is examined in
thermal joining between polypropylene and aluminum. Experimental and numerical …

Infrared radiation was used as a tool to heat laser-structured AlSi10Mg for subsequent
fusion bonding with thermoplastic carbon fiber-reinforced PA12. When the two adherends …