article published Benjamin Gröger author Daniel Köhler author Julian Vorderbrüggen author Juliane Troschitz author Robert Kupfer author Gerson Meschut author Maik Gude author 157 department 43 department TRR 285: TRR 285 project TRR 285 - C: TRR 285 - Project Area C project TRR 285 – C04: TRR 285 - Subproject C04 project TRR 285 - A: TRR 285 - Project Area A project TRR 285 – A03: TRR 285 - Subproject A03 project <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Recent developments in automotive and aircraft industry towards a multi-material design pose challenges for modern joining technologies due to different mechanical properties and material compositions of various materials such as composites and metals. Therefore, mechanical joining technologies like clinching are in the focus of current research activities. For multi-material joints of metals and thermoplastic composites thermally assisted clinching processes with advanced tool concepts are well developed. The material-specific properties of fibre-reinforced thermoplastics have a significant influence on the joining process and the resulting material structure in the joining zone. For this reason, it is important to investigate these influences in detail and to understand the phenomena occurring during the joining process. Additionally, this provides the basis for a validation of a numerical simulation of such joining processes. In this paper, the material structure in a joint resulting from a thermally assisted clinching process is investigated. The joining partners are an aluminium sheet and a thermoplastic composite (organo sheet). Using computed tomography enables a three-dimensional investigation that allows a detailed analysis of the phenomena in different joining stages and in the material structure of the finished joint. Consequently, this study provides a more detailed understanding of the material behavior of thermoplastic composites during thermally assisted clinching.</jats:p> Springer Science and Business Media LLC2021 eng Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringMechanical Engineering 0944-6524 1863-735310.1007/s11740-021-01091-x 162-3203-212 Gröger B, Köhler D, Vorderbrüggen J, et al. Computed tomography investigation of the material structure in clinch joints in aluminium fibre-reinforced thermoplastic sheets. <i>Production Engineering</i>. 2021;16(2-3):203-212. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11740-021-01091-x">10.1007/s11740-021-01091-x</a> Gröger, Benjamin, Daniel Köhler, Julian Vorderbrüggen, Juliane Troschitz, Robert Kupfer, Gerson Meschut, and Maik Gude. “Computed Tomography Investigation of the Material Structure in Clinch Joints in Aluminium Fibre-Reinforced Thermoplastic Sheets.” <i>Production Engineering</i> 16, no. 2–3 (2021): 203–12. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11740-021-01091-x">https://doi.org/10.1007/s11740-021-01091-x</a>. B. Gröger <i>et al.</i>, “Computed tomography investigation of the material structure in clinch joints in aluminium fibre-reinforced thermoplastic sheets,” <i>Production Engineering</i>, vol. 16, no. 2–3, pp. 203–212, 2021, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11740-021-01091-x">10.1007/s11740-021-01091-x</a>. @article{Gröger_Köhler_Vorderbrüggen_Troschitz_Kupfer_Meschut_Gude_2021, title={Computed tomography investigation of the material structure in clinch joints in aluminium fibre-reinforced thermoplastic sheets}, volume={16}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11740-021-01091-x">10.1007/s11740-021-01091-x</a>}, number={2–3}, journal={Production Engineering}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Gröger, Benjamin and Köhler, Daniel and Vorderbrüggen, Julian and Troschitz, Juliane and Kupfer, Robert and Meschut, Gerson and Gude, Maik}, year={2021}, pages={203–212} } Gröger, Benjamin, et al. “Computed Tomography Investigation of the Material Structure in Clinch Joints in Aluminium Fibre-Reinforced Thermoplastic Sheets.” <i>Production Engineering</i>, vol. 16, no. 2–3, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021, pp. 203–12, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11740-021-01091-x">10.1007/s11740-021-01091-x</a>. B. Gröger, D. Köhler, J. Vorderbrüggen, J. Troschitz, R. Kupfer, G. Meschut, M. Gude, Production Engineering 16 (2021) 203–212. Gröger, B., Köhler, D., Vorderbrüggen, J., Troschitz, J., Kupfer, R., Meschut, G., &#38; Gude, M. (2021). Computed tomography investigation of the material structure in clinch joints in aluminium fibre-reinforced thermoplastic sheets. <i>Production Engineering</i>, <i>16</i>(2–3), 203–212. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11740-021-01091-x">https://doi.org/10.1007/s11740-021-01091-x</a> 511992024-02-06T15:05:29Z2025-06-02T20:20:49Z