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Abstract(s)
This article presents new joining-by-forming processes to assemble longitudinally two metal-polymer sandwich composite panels perpendicular to one another. Process design draws from an earlier development of the authors for metal sheets to new concepts based on the combination of sheet-bulk forming with mortise-and-tenon joints. Selected examples obtained from experimentation and finite element modelling give support to the presentation. A new three-stage joining by the forming process is capable of producing mechanically locked joints with larger and stiffer flat-shaped heads than those fabricated by alternative single- or two-stage solutions. Failure in the new three-stage joining by the forming process is found to take place by cracking instead of disassembling after unbending the flat-shaped head of the joint back to its original shape. The required forming forces to produce the new metal-polymer joints are below 15 kN, allowing them to be an effective, easy-to-implement alternative to existing solutions based on adhesive bonding, welding and mechanical fastening.
Description
Este trabalho foi financiado pelo Concurso Anual para Projetos de Investigação, Desenvolvimento, Inovação e Criação Artística (IDI&CA) 2016 do Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa. Código de referência IPL/2016/CompSBJ_ISEL
Keywords
Joining by forming Sandwich composites Experimentation Finite element method Destructive testing
Citation
PRAGANA, João P. M.; [et al] – Joining by forming of metal-polymer sandwich composite panels. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part-B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture. ISSN 0954-4054. Vol. 233, N.º 10 (2019), pp. 2089-2098
Publisher
SAGE Publications