The shear behaviour of press-joining in cold-formed steel structures

Ensuring the integrity in clinching process

“…Lepistö et al [11] have successfully shown the accuracy of FE analysis while carefully verifying the material properties and friction coefficients. On the other hand, for limited cases, simple equations for calculating the strength of clinched joint or several joints have been generated by Pedreschi et al [12,13] and Davies [14]. The main problems encountered in the mathematical analyses of clinch joints are the difficulties related to the accuracy of predicting the behaviour of the joined materials, the exact material properties and the dimensions at different locations of the joint area.…”

Economics of clinched joint compared to riveted joint and example of applying calculations to a volume product

“…a clinch joint. The means to determine the strength of a joint by calculations presented in literature [4][5][6][7] has proven to be case and material specific. Consequently, the exact strength of a joint can be found out only by destructive tests [8].…”

An experimental study on improvement of joining strength of the spin drum seaming division in washing machine

“…Also, complex problems that arise from interactions between the mechanical factors including multi-layer plasticity processing, elasticity recovery and residual stress and external operation environmental factors cause damage and destruction at the joints, which create structural discontinuity and difficulty in analyses. In turn, there have been restricted studies regardless of Korea and overseas in the subject of mechanical press joining [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. In order to implement the joint strength required for 1800 rpm operation, this study examined the problems associated with TIG welding such as the quality of weld zone and decline of reliability.…”