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Joining by plastic deformation

Joining by forming—A review on joint mechanisms, applications and future trends

This article is the review of hydroforming technologies that have been used increasingly in various industries including automotive applications. General concepts and technological developments in tube hydroforming and sheet hydroforming are presented with recent research and development activities. Then, the theoretical background associated with the plasticity and constitutive laws and their implementation to the computational modeling of the hydroforming process are discussed.

Recent developments in hydroforming technology

Smart structures assembly through incremental forming

Joining by plastic deformation, also called joining by forming techniques, has been developed as a powerful tool for joining a broad range of similar and dissimilar materials in an environmentally friendly manner. Generally, the joining by forming techniques fall into two distinctive categories, namely mechanical joining and solid state welding. In this paper, different methods of joining by forming are studied from processing and manufacturing points of view. The article is arranged in three parts. Mechanical joining processes will be discussed in this part A. Various processes in this category have been addressed individually. Principles of the processing, applicable materials, process variants, joint mechanical behavior including static and dynamic performance, and various optimization techniques including experimental, numerical, and analytical approaches are the fields of concentration in this study.

K. Tibari

Papers

Fundamentals of Angular Joining by Means of Hydroforming