Abstract: This paper presents an experimental and numerical study on the mechanical quasi-static behavior of self-piercing rivet (SPR) connections with three stacked sheets made from an AA6016-T4 aluminum alloy. The goal was to study ...

Abstract: This work examines the effects of loading rate on the plastic flow and ductile failure of porous solids exhibiting rate-dependent behavior relevant to many structural metals. Two different modeling approaches for ductile ...