A New Mechanical Joining Technique for Steel Compared with Spot Welding
830128
02/01/1983
- Event
- Content
- Two mechanical joining techniques were compared with spot welding in a number of plain carbon and high-strength steels with or without various metallic and painted coatings. Spot welds had higher static strength than mechanical joints, but the new button-type (crack-free) joint had equivalent fatigue strength at long lives. Relationships were developed to estimate the strength of the button-type mechanical joint given base metal strength properties and the geometry of the joint.
- Pages
- 15
- Citation
- Sawhiil, J., and Sawdon, S., "A New Mechanical Joining Technique for Steel Compared with Spot Welding," SAE Technical Paper 830128, 1983, https://doi.org/10.4271/830128.