The analysis of lock forming mechanism in the clinching joint

Materials and Design

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 4943-4954

  Mucha, Jacek ^a  

^a RZESZOW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

C. Forming; C. Joining; D. Mechanical fastening

Indexed keywords

C. FORMING; C. JOINING; CLINCHING PROCESS; D. MECHANICAL FASTENING; DIE RADIUS; FORMING FORCES; FORMING MECHANISM; GEOMETRICAL PARAMETERS; GROOVE SHAPE; GROOVE WIDTH; JOINABILITY; JOINING PROCESS; MATERIAL FLOW; METAL JOINING PROCESS; NUMERICAL TESTS; PROCESS PARAMETERS;

DIES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HIGH STRENGTH STEEL; JOINING; SHEET METAL;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 79960896609     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2011.05.045     Document Type: Article

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