| Issue |
MATEC Web of Conferences
Volume 21, 2015
4th International Conference on New Forming Technology (ICNFT 2015)
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| Article Number | 01002 | |
| Number of page(s) | 9 | |
| Section | Keynote Papers | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20152101002 | |
| Published online | 10 August 2015 | |
Innovative cold joining technologies based on tube forming
IDMEC, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
a Corresponding author: luisalves@tecnico.ulisboa.pt
This paper is focused on innovative cold joining technologies for connecting tubes and fixing tubes to sheets. The proposed technologies are based on the utilization of plastic instability waves in thin-walled tubes subjected to axial compression and may be seen as an alternative to conventional joining technologies based on mechanical fixing with fasteners, welding and structural adhesive bonding. Besides allowing connecting dissimilar materials and being successfully employed in fixture conditions that are difficult and costly to achieve by means of conventional joining the new proposed technologies also cope with the growing concerns on the demand, lifecycle and recycling of materials.
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