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  bibo_abstract:
  - Focusing on upcoming challenges in lightweight design, such as increasing emission
    targets or novel multimaterial connections, versatile applicable and environmentally
    friendly production technologies are crucial. In this context, mechanical joining
    technology clinching offers a fast and energy-efficient procedure for assembling
    sheet metals, being a proper alternative to established joining methods, such
    as spot welding. However, the design of clinch points is a challenge, which is
    partly supported by numerical or data-based approaches for optimal tool dimensions
    assuring proper joint characteristics. While this is usually done for an ideal
    environment, real joining processes are characterized by multiple inevitably varying
    parameters, e.g. of the material, which have a significant impact on the quality
    of clinch points. Therefore, this contribution addresses the current gap by analyzing
    the effect of parameter variations or uncertainties on the resulting joint characteristics
    and studying the impact of the nominal tool design. Thus, an efficient meta-model-based
    variation simulation procedure is proposed and used for analyzing the effect of
    different tool design configurations and variation scenarios. Based on the results,
    it was found that varying process parameters have a strong impact on the resulting
    joint characteristics, whereby the effect significantly depends on the nominal
    tool design. This reveals the potential for a robust tool design and implies that
    the nominal tool design and the tolerancing of parameters should be done simultaneously
    for a reliable virtual joining point design without extensive iterations and physical
    tests.@eng
  bibo_authorlist:
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: C
      foaf_name: Zirngibl, C
      foaf_surname: Zirngibl
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: S
      foaf_name: Goetz, S
      foaf_surname: Goetz
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: S
      foaf_name: Wartzack, S
      foaf_surname: Wartzack
  bibo_doi: 10.1177/09544089241259347
  dct_date: 2024^xs_gYear
  dct_isPartOf:
  - http://id.crossref.org/issn/0954-4089
  - http://id.crossref.org/issn/2041-3009
  dct_language: eng
  dct_publisher: SAGE Publications@
  dct_title: Influence of process variations on clinch joint characteristics considering
    the effect of the nominal tool design@
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