Insertion behavior study of multi-material self-piercing rivet joints by means of finite element simulation

Varela, Sonia; Mangas, Ángela; Kotercova, Zuzana; Briskham, Paul; Giménez, María Isabel; Muñoz, Carlos Céspedes; Molina, Ricardo; Santos, Maite

doi:10.1063/1.5112592

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“…However, without simulations, large errors in these predictions limit the use of these methods. Although computationally expensive, Finite-Element Analysis (FEA) is a common prediction tool in industry [ 12 ], and has shown good accuracy for quasi-static testing. Its use has grown as the models have improved, including methods such as the stress–strain history of the joint [ 13 ].…”

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Investigation into the Effect of Interlock Volume on SPR Strength

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During the design of automotive structures assembled using Self-Piercing Rivets (SPRs), a rivet and die combination is selected for each joint stack. To conduct extensive physical tensile testing on every joint combination to determine the range of strength achieved by each rivet–die combination, a great deal of lab technician time and substrate material are required. It is much simpler and less material-consuming to select the rivet and die solution by examining the cross sections of joints. However, the current methods of measuring cross sections by measuring the amount of mechanical interlock in a linear X–Y direction, achieved with the flared rivet tail, do not give an accurate prediction of joint strength, because they do not measure the full amount of material that must be defeated to pull the rivet tail out of the bottom sheet. The X–Y linear interlock measurement approach also makes it difficult to rapidly rank joint solutions, as it creates two values for each cross section rather than a single value. This study investigates an innovative new measurement method developed by the authors called Volumelock. The approach measures the volume of material that must be defeated to pull out the rivet. Creating a single measurement value for each rivet–die combination makes it much easier to compare different rivet and die solutions; to identify solutions that work well across a number of different stacks; to aid the grouping of stacks on one setter for low-volume line; and to select the strongest solutions for a high-volume line where only one or two different stacks are made by each setter. The joint stack results in this paper indicate that there is a good predictive relationship between the new Volumelock method and peel strength, measured by physical cross-tension testing. In this study, the Volumelock approach predicted the peel strength within a 5% error margin.

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confidence: 99%