With the increasing application of fiber-reinforced thermoplastic (FRTP) in the industry, many
researchers are focusing on the welding of metal/FRTP hybrid structures. Ultrasonic welding …

Carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites (CFRTP) and metals hybrid structures
have been widely used in aircraft lightweight manufacturing. However, due to the significant …

A novel multiple modification approach including laser texturing, micro-arc oxidation process
and silane coupling agent treatment was proposed to optimize the bonding interface. Firstly …

In light of the demand for reducing the emission of climate-damaging gases such as CO 2, it
is very important to apply lightweight materials in the aerospace and automotive industries …

Pinless friction spot joining (FSpJ) has proven to be a competitive friction-based joining
technique for fabricating metal/carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastics hybrid joints. The …

This study proposes a coupled thermal-chemical numerical model for preventing the thermal
degradation of carbon fibre (CF) reinforced polymers at extreme heating rates. Its …

In this work, we successfully fabricated CFRP/Ti stacks with reliable interfacial bonding
using the directed energy deposition (DED) additive manufacturing (AM) technique …

Laser welding of carbon-fibre-reinforced polymers and metals has broad industrial
applications. Although methods, such as manufacturing surface microstructures, have been …

Carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite (CFRTP)-metal hybrid structures, which
have been increasingly used in the industry, can significantly reduce structure weight and …

In this study, the fatigue performance of magnetic pulse welding (MPW) joints of AA5052
aluminum alloy and T300 carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) with sandwich structure …