An experimental investigation on the behaviour of self-piercing riveted connections in aluminium alloy AA6060

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 397-417

  Porcaro, R ^a,b   Hanssen, A G ^b   Langseth, M ^a   Aalberg, A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Cold formed; Connector; Self pierce riveting; Testing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOADING; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHEAR STRENGTH; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

COLD FORMED; QUASI STATIC LOADING CONDITIONS; RIVETED CONNECTIONS; SELF PIERCING RIVETED CONNECTIONS;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 33750544984     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1533/ijcr.2005.0108     Document Type: Article

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