Comparison of Self-Pierce Riveting, Resistance Spot Welding and Spot Friction Joining for aluminium automotive sheet

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Briskham, Paul ^a   Blundell, Nicholas ^a   Han, Li ^a   Hewitt, Richard ^a   Young, Ken ^a   Boomer, Douglas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b Innoval Technology Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; COSTS; DISSIMILAR MATERIALS; FRICTION; FRICTION STIR WELDING; RIVETING; RIVETS; SPOT WELDING; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRIBOLOGY; WELDING ELECTRODES; WELDS;

AUTOMOTIVE ALLOYS; AUTOMOTIVE SHEETS; AUTOMOTIVE STRUCTURES; JOINT CONFIGURATION; LOW-COST OPERATIONS; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING; VOLUME PRODUCTION;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 85072446026     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2006-01-0774     Document Type: Conference Paper

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