The development of new adhesives has allowed to expand the application of bonding into
the most diverse industrial fields. This review article presents the commonly used …

The complex fatigue failure mechanisms render it challenging to arrive at definitive
conclusions regarding the behaviour of adhesive joints under cyclic loading. The goal of this …

Driven by increasing costs for energy and raw material and especially by the European CO
2-emission laws, automotive industry faces the challenge to develop more lightweight and at …

This paper reports an experimental investigation into mechanical behaviors and failure
mechanisms of different joint methods for dissimilar materials, including adhesive joints, rivet …

The joinability of different rigid thermoplastic polymers with aluminium AA6082-T6 alloy
sheets by mechanical clinching is investigated. The polymers were heated using a …

In this paper, the fatigue behavior of resistance spot welding in the ferrite-martensite dual-
phase steel joints with one and three spot-welds and hybrid joints have been investigated …

The choice of a suitable joining method is of major importance for the performance and
durability of structural connections in any type of construction and in other branches of …

Automotive light-weighting has become an important direction for the development of the
automotive industry, and the light-weighting materials are inevitable to be joined. Self …

This paper deals with the mechanical properties of self-piercing riveted joints in similar and
dissimilar metal sheets of Al5052 aluminum alloy and H62 copper alloy. Force …

In this paper, the energy absorption parameters of bolted double-hat joints reinforced by
adhesive bonding were investigated. The objective of this article is to leverage adhesive …