Joining the car-body sheets using clinching process with various thickness and mechanical property arrangements

Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 135-148

  Mucha, J ^a   Kascak L ^b   Spisak E ^b  

^a RZESZOW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF KO ICE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Clinching; Joining under pressure; Mechanical properties; Sheet metal

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959597647     PISSN: 16449665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1644-9665(12)60179-4     Document Type: Article

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