Assembly dimensional prediction for self-piercing riveted aluminum panels

International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 695-704

  Cai, Wayne ^a   Wang, P C ^a   Yang, Wu ^a  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Assembly; Dimensional control; Self piercing riveting

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ASSEMBLY; ELECTRODES; INCLUSIONS; RIVETING; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; WELDING;

ASSEMBLY DIMENSIONAL PREDICTION; DIMENSIONAL CONTROL; RIVETED ALUMINIUM PANELS; SELF-PIERCING RIVETING (SPR);

STRUCTURAL PANELS;

EID: 13444287787     PISSN: 08906955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2004.09.023     Document Type: Article

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