Friction Stir Blind Riveting: A Novel Joining Process for Automotive Light Alloys

SAE International Journal of Materials and Manufacturing

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 589-601

  Lathabai, Sri ^a   Tyagi, Vinay ^a   Ritchie, David ^a   Kearney, Trevor ^a   Finnin, Barrie ^a   Christian, Shane ^b   Sansome, Andrew ^b   White, Gary ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b GM Holden Ltd   (Australia)

^c AutoCRC ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIE CAST; FEED-RATES; FRICTION STIR; FRICTIONAL HEAT; INSERTION FORCE; JOINING PROCESS; LAP JOINT; LIGHT ALLOYS; MAIN PROCESS; ROTATIONAL SPEED; STATIC TENSILE; TENSILE SHEAR STRENGTH; TWIN ROLL CAST; WORK PIECES; WORKPIECE MATERIALS;

ALUMINUM; CERIUM ALLOYS; DIES; DISSIMILAR MATERIALS; FRICTION; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; RIVETING; RIVETS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRENGTH; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 79959571566     PISSN: 19463979     EISSN: 19463987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2011-01-0477     Document Type: Article

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