Hybrid Metal–Polymer Joints II
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Welding and Joining".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 February 2024) | Viewed by 2675
Special Issue Editor
Interests: joining technology; additive manufacturing; materials science; welding metallurgy; polymer welding; composites; metals and hybrid structures
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Dear Colleagues,
Multi-material hybrid structures (MMHSs) are in high demand in several fields, including civil, transport, aerospace, and biomedical fields. In transportation industries, MMHSs are used to reduce a product's weight without affecting the structural performance, consequently resulting in lower fuel consumption, and, in the case of electric vehicles, to increase their autonomy. Furthermore, this weight reduction dramatically helps to reduce CO2 emissions, as well as to improve the overall performance. The main challenge when manufacturing MMHSs is represented by the adoption of the joining process between such dissimilar materials. Conventional mechanical fastening and adhesive bonding involve several issues. Thus, because of the increasing demand for MMHSs, several new joining processes have been developed in order to overcome such limitations. Fast mechanical joining processes (such as clinching as self-pierce riveting) and thermomechanical joining processes (such as laser direct joining, friction joining, and ultrasonic joining) have been developed in recent years as suitable alternatives for the production of multi-materials hybrid structures.
This Special Issue aims to collect original research and literature reviews concerning conventional processes and recent developments in this field. The following topics will be explored:
- Mechanism of bonding/joint formation;
- Process monitoring and simulation;
- Process control;
- The influence of preprocessing;
- Joining additively manufactured components;
- Mechanical characterization;
- Microstructural, chemical, and physical characterization;
- Other characterization methods;
- New characterization methods.
Prof. Dr. Sergio T. Amancio-Filho
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- hybrid structures
- joining
- welding
- metal–polymer structures
- metal–composite structures
- characterization
- process modeling
- process control
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