The effect of pre-straining on the mechanical behaviour of self-piercing riveted aluminium alloy sheets

Li Han, K. W. Young, A. Chrysanthou, J.M. O'Sullivan

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Abstract

Self-piercing riveting as an alternative joining method to spot-welding has attracted considerable interest from the automotive industry and has been widely used in aluminium intensive vehicles. Pressing and stamping are important processes in automotive production and result in additional straining on the vehicle body sheet material. It is therefore important to have knowledge of the effect of sheet pre-straining on the quality of the self-piercing riveted joints and on the mechanical behaviour of the riveted aluminium alloy sheets. This paper reports the influence of sheet pre-straining on the static and fatigue behaviour of self-piercing riveted aluminium alloy sheet. Wrought aluminium alloy sheet, NG5754 with a nominal thickness value of 2 mm was used to obtain pre-strained NG5754 sheets with pre-straining levels of 3%, 5% and 10%. Pairs of pre-strained NG5754 sheets were joined to create single-riveted lap joints which subsequently underwent lap-shear and fatigue testing. Microscopic inspection showed that the joint quality was satisfactory despite the increasing sheet straining levels. The results showed that by increasing the pre-straining level up to 10%, the shear and fatigue strength also increased. The rate of increase of the static and fatigue strength differed as the pre-straining levels varied. (C) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1108-1113
Number of pages6
JournalMaterials & Design
Volume27
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006

Keywords

  • aluminium alloy (A)
  • stamping (C)
  • mechanical fastening (D)
  • JOINING TECHNIQUES

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