---
_id: '61149'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: The use of continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastics (FRTP) in automotive
    industry increases due to their excellent material properties and possibility
    of rapid processing. The scale spanning heterogeneity of their material structure
    and its influence on the material behavior, however, presents significant challenges
    for most joining technologies, such as self-piercing riveting (SPR). During mechanical
    joining, the material structure is significantly altered within and around the
    joining zone, heavily influencing the material behavior. A comprehensive understanding
    of the underlying phenomena of material alteration during the SPR process is essential
    as basis for validating numerical simulations. This study examines the material
    structure at ten stages of a step-setting test of SPR with two FRTP sheets with
    glass-fiber reinforcement. Utilizing X-ray computed tomography (CT), the damage
    phenomena within different areas of the setting test are analyzed three-dimensionally
    and key parameters are quantified. Dominating phenomena during the penetration
    of the rivet into the laminate are fiber failure (FF), interfiber failure (IFF)
    and fiber bending, while delamination, fiber kinking and roving splitting are
    also observed. At the final stages, the bottom layers of the second sheet collapse
    and form a bulge into the cavity of the die.
author:
- first_name: Alrik
  full_name: Dargel, Alrik
  id: '114764'
  last_name: Dargel
- first_name: Benjamin
  full_name: Gröger, Benjamin
  last_name: Gröger
- first_name: Malte Christian
  full_name: Schlichter, Malte Christian
  id: '61977'
  last_name: Schlichter
- first_name: Johannes
  full_name: Gerritzen, Johannes
  id: '105344'
  last_name: Gerritzen
  orcid: 0000-0002-0169-8602
- first_name: Daniel
  full_name: Köhler, Daniel
  id: '83408'
  last_name: Köhler
- first_name: Gerson
  full_name: Meschut, Gerson
  id: '32056'
  last_name: Meschut
  orcid: 0000-0002-2763-1246
- first_name: Maik
  full_name: Gude, Maik
  last_name: Gude
- first_name: Robert
  full_name: Kupfer, Robert
  last_name: Kupfer
citation:
  ama: 'Dargel A, Gröger B, Schlichter MC, et al. LOCAL DEFORMATION AND FAILURE OF
    COMPOSITES DURING SELF-PIERCING RIVETING: A CT BASED MICROSTRUCTURE INVESTIGATION.
    In: Gomes JFS, Meguid SA, eds. <i>Proceedings of the 8th International Conference
    on Integrity-Reliability-Failure (IRF2025)</i>. FEUP; 2025. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.24840/978-972-752-323-8">10.24840/978-972-752-323-8</a>'
  apa: 'Dargel, A., Gröger, B., Schlichter, M. C., Gerritzen, J., Köhler, D., Meschut,
    G., Gude, M., &#38; Kupfer, R. (2025). LOCAL DEFORMATION AND FAILURE OF COMPOSITES
    DURING SELF-PIERCING RIVETING: A CT BASED MICROSTRUCTURE INVESTIGATION. In J.
    F. S. Gomes &#38; S. A. Meguid (Eds.), <i>Proceedings of the 8th International
    Conference on Integrity-Reliability-Failure (IRF2025)</i>. FEUP. <a href="https://doi.org/10.24840/978-972-752-323-8">https://doi.org/10.24840/978-972-752-323-8</a>'
  bibtex: '@inproceedings{Dargel_Gröger_Schlichter_Gerritzen_Köhler_Meschut_Gude_Kupfer_2025,
    place={Porto}, title={LOCAL DEFORMATION AND FAILURE OF COMPOSITES DURING SELF-PIERCING
    RIVETING: A CT BASED MICROSTRUCTURE INVESTIGATION}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.24840/978-972-752-323-8">10.24840/978-972-752-323-8</a>},
    booktitle={Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Integrity-Reliability-Failure
    (IRF2025)}, publisher={FEUP}, author={Dargel, Alrik and Gröger, Benjamin and Schlichter,
    Malte Christian and Gerritzen, Johannes and Köhler, Daniel and Meschut, Gerson
    and Gude, Maik and Kupfer, Robert}, editor={Gomes, J.F. Silva and Meguid, Shaker
    A.}, year={2025} }'
  chicago: 'Dargel, Alrik, Benjamin Gröger, Malte Christian Schlichter, Johannes Gerritzen,
    Daniel Köhler, Gerson Meschut, Maik Gude, and Robert Kupfer. “LOCAL DEFORMATION
    AND FAILURE OF COMPOSITES DURING SELF-PIERCING RIVETING: A CT BASED MICROSTRUCTURE
    INVESTIGATION.” In <i>Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Integrity-Reliability-Failure
    (IRF2025)</i>, edited by J.F. Silva Gomes and Shaker A. Meguid. Porto: FEUP, 2025.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.24840/978-972-752-323-8">https://doi.org/10.24840/978-972-752-323-8</a>.'
  ieee: 'A. Dargel <i>et al.</i>, “LOCAL DEFORMATION AND FAILURE OF COMPOSITES DURING
    SELF-PIERCING RIVETING: A CT BASED MICROSTRUCTURE INVESTIGATION,” in <i>Proceedings
    of the 8th International Conference on Integrity-Reliability-Failure (IRF2025)</i>,
    Porto, 2025, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.24840/978-972-752-323-8">10.24840/978-972-752-323-8</a>.'
  mla: 'Dargel, Alrik, et al. “LOCAL DEFORMATION AND FAILURE OF COMPOSITES DURING
    SELF-PIERCING RIVETING: A CT BASED MICROSTRUCTURE INVESTIGATION.” <i>Proceedings
    of the 8th International Conference on Integrity-Reliability-Failure (IRF2025)</i>,
    edited by J.F. Silva Gomes and Shaker A. Meguid, FEUP, 2025, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.24840/978-972-752-323-8">10.24840/978-972-752-323-8</a>.'
  short: 'A. Dargel, B. Gröger, M.C. Schlichter, J. Gerritzen, D. Köhler, G. Meschut,
    M. Gude, R. Kupfer, in: J.F.S. Gomes, S.A. Meguid (Eds.), Proceedings of the 8th
    International Conference on Integrity-Reliability-Failure (IRF2025), FEUP, Porto,
    2025.'
conference:
  end_date: 2025-07-18
  location: Porto
  name: 8th International Conference on Integrity-Reliability-Failure (IRF2025)
  start_date: 2025-07-15
date_created: 2025-09-08T11:52:45Z
date_updated: 2026-02-27T06:45:17Z
doi: 10.24840/978-972-752-323-8
editor:
- first_name: J.F. Silva
  full_name: Gomes, J.F. Silva
  last_name: Gomes
- first_name: Shaker A.
  full_name: Meguid, Shaker A.
  last_name: Meguid
keyword:
- self-piercing riveting
- computed tomography
- thermoplastic composites
- process-structure-interaction
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/395593556_LOCAL_DEFORMATION_AND_FAILURE_OF_COMPOSITES_DURING_SELF-PIERCING_RIVETING_A_CT_BASED_MICROSTRUCTURE_INVESTIGATION
oa: '1'
place: Porto
project:
- _id: '133'
  name: TRR 285 - Project Area C
- _id: '148'
  name: TRR 285 - Subproject C04
- _id: '130'
  name: 'TRR 285:  Methodenentwicklung zur mechanischen Fügbarkeit in wandlungsfähigen
    Prozessketten'
- _id: '131'
  name: TRR 285 - Project Area A
- _id: '137'
  name: TRR 285 - Subproject A03
- _id: '135'
  name: TRR 285 - Subproject A01
publication: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Integrity-Reliability-Failure
  (IRF2025)
publication_identifier:
  isbn:
  - '9789727523238'
publication_status: published
publisher: FEUP
status: public
title: 'LOCAL DEFORMATION AND FAILURE OF COMPOSITES DURING SELF-PIERCING RIVETING:
  A CT BASED MICROSTRUCTURE INVESTIGATION'
type: conference
user_id: '105344'
year: '2025'
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