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_id: '51199'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: <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>
author:
- first_name: Benjamin
  full_name: Gröger, Benjamin
  last_name: Gröger
- first_name: Daniel
  full_name: Köhler, Daniel
  last_name: Köhler
- first_name: Julian
  full_name: Vorderbrüggen, Julian
  last_name: Vorderbrüggen
- first_name: Juliane
  full_name: Troschitz, Juliane
  last_name: Troschitz
- first_name: Robert
  full_name: Kupfer, Robert
  last_name: Kupfer
- first_name: Gerson
  full_name: Meschut, Gerson
  last_name: Meschut
- first_name: Maik
  full_name: Gude, Maik
  last_name: Gude
citation:
  ama: 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>
  apa: 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>
  bibtex: '@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} }'
  chicago: '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>.'
  ieee: '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>.'
  mla: 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>.
  short: B. Gröger, D. Köhler, J. Vorderbrüggen, J. Troschitz, R. Kupfer, G. Meschut,
    M. Gude, Production Engineering 16 (2021) 203–212.
date_created: 2024-02-06T15:05:29Z
date_updated: 2025-06-02T20:20:49Z
department:
- _id: '157'
- _id: '43'
doi: 10.1007/s11740-021-01091-x
intvolume: '        16'
issue: 2-3
keyword:
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
language:
- iso: eng
page: 203-212
project:
- _id: '130'
  grant_number: '418701707'
  name: 'TRR 285: TRR 285'
- _id: '133'
  name: 'TRR 285 - C: TRR 285 - Project Area C'
- _id: '148'
  name: 'TRR 285 – C04: TRR 285 - Subproject C04'
- _id: '131'
  name: 'TRR 285 - A: TRR 285 - Project Area A'
- _id: '137'
  name: 'TRR 285 – A03: TRR 285 - Subproject A03'
publication: Production Engineering
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 0944-6524
  - 1863-7353
publication_status: published
publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
status: public
title: Computed tomography investigation of the material structure in clinch joints
  in aluminium fibre-reinforced thermoplastic sheets
type: journal_article
user_id: '83408'
volume: 16
year: '2021'
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