{"status":"public","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"The increasing trend of multi-material and space-frame design in automotive car body constructions consolidates the need for mechanical joining technologies with one-sided accessibility. The high-speed joining process (also called “RIVTAC®” or “Impact”) is an innovative and flexible technology. In this process, a tack having a profiled shank and an ogival shaped tip is pushed into the joining partners with a speed of 20 to 40 m/s without any pre-punching. The plastic and friction work is converted into heat, which causes an abrupt rise of temperature in the joining zone. This improves the flowability of the material which leads to filling the annular grooves existing on the shank of the tack. Simultaneously, a force-fit is created between the sheet metal and the tack. Furthermore, the effects of inertia are used so that the thin-walled structures can be joined without any additional tools (e.g. a die). The joining process causes the deformation of the structure, which must be taken into account with regard to tolerances. The numerical simulation is a powerful tool to predict the deformation and the joinability of a complex structure as well as the mechanical properties of the connection. The paper is about the detailed process- and load-simulation of high-speed joining as well as the required experimental data basis, such as temperature and strain rate dependent flow curves. Furthermore, the friction parameters are very important for the physical consideration of the force-fit connection. Coupled structural-thermal simulations of an axisymmetric 2D-model are performed using explicit and implicit codes."}],"publication":"Procedia Manufacturing","type":"journal_article","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"department":[{"_id":"157"}],"user_id":"53912","_id":"64780","page":"280-287","intvolume":"        29","citation":{"ieee":"G. Meschut, D. Hein, and M. Gerkens, “Numerical simulation of high-speed joining of sheet metal structures,” <i>Procedia Manufacturing</i>, vol. 29, pp. 280–287, 2019, doi: <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2019.02.173\">10.1016/j.promfg.2019.02.173</a>.","chicago":"Meschut, Gerson, David Hein, and Michael Gerkens. “Numerical Simulation of High-Speed Joining of Sheet Metal Structures.” <i>Procedia Manufacturing</i> 29 (2019): 280–87. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2019.02.173\">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2019.02.173</a>.","short":"G. Meschut, D. Hein, M. Gerkens, Procedia Manufacturing 29 (2019) 280–287.","bibtex":"@article{Meschut_Hein_Gerkens_2019, title={Numerical simulation of high-speed joining of sheet metal structures}, volume={29}, DOI={<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2019.02.173\">10.1016/j.promfg.2019.02.173</a>}, journal={Procedia Manufacturing}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Meschut, Gerson and Hein, David and Gerkens, Michael}, year={2019}, pages={280–287} }","mla":"Meschut, Gerson, et al. “Numerical Simulation of High-Speed Joining of Sheet Metal Structures.” <i>Procedia Manufacturing</i>, vol. 29, Elsevier BV, 2019, pp. 280–87, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2019.02.173\">10.1016/j.promfg.2019.02.173</a>.","ama":"Meschut G, Hein D, Gerkens M. Numerical simulation of high-speed joining of sheet metal structures. <i>Procedia Manufacturing</i>. 2019;29:280-287. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2019.02.173\">10.1016/j.promfg.2019.02.173</a>","apa":"Meschut, G., Hein, D., &#38; Gerkens, M. (2019). Numerical simulation of high-speed joining of sheet metal structures. <i>Procedia Manufacturing</i>, <i>29</i>, 280–287. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2019.02.173\">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2019.02.173</a>"},"year":"2019","quality_controlled":"1","publication_identifier":{"issn":["2351-9789"]},"publication_status":"published","doi":"10.1016/j.promfg.2019.02.173","title":"Numerical simulation of high-speed joining of sheet metal structures","volume":29,"author":[{"last_name":"Meschut","orcid":"0000-0002-2763-1246","id":"32056","full_name":"Meschut, Gerson","first_name":"Gerson"},{"last_name":"Hein","id":"7728","full_name":"Hein, David","first_name":"David"},{"last_name":"Gerkens","full_name":"Gerkens, Michael","first_name":"Michael"}],"date_created":"2026-02-27T10:57:16Z","date_updated":"2026-02-27T10:58:34Z","publisher":"Elsevier BV"}