Flow drill screw (FDS) technique combines the friction drilling and thread forming processes
into one single operation, and has been widely adopted in the automotive industry. Because …

Increasingly strict fuel efficiency standards have driven the aerospace and automotive
industries to improve the fuel economy of their fleets. A key method for feasibly improving the …

The requirement of increased fuel economy standards has forced automakers to incorporate
multi-materials into their current steel dominant vehicles in order to lightweight their fleets …

Conventional fusion joining techniques pervasive in the automotive industry are unable to
effectively join aluminum and steel. To solve this problem, a technique termed friction …

Rotator cuff tears (RCTs) are one of the primary causes of shoulder pain and dysfunction in
the upper extremity accounting over 4.5 million physician visits per year with 250,000 rotator …

Results of lattice Boltzmann (LB) simulations of macroscale effects (heating modes, heater
size, and saturation temperature) as well as microscale effects (wettability and roughness) …

With the development of carbon fiber composites with the extensive use of Carbon Fiber
Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) and Aluminum alloy in car body, the traditional connection mode …

Electrically-assisted manufacturing refers to the direct application of electrical current to a
workpiece during a manufacturing process. This assistance results in several benefits such …

Аннотация Разработана электромеханическая установка, которая содержит
электромагнитный соленоид с поршнем, работающим в режиме возвратно …

Electromechanical installation containing electromagnetic solenoid with a piston operating
in reciprocating motion mode has been developed. Technologies with similar operating …