Aiming at structural weight reduction and energy efficiency, aluminum alloys have been considered as potential materials for automobile manufacturing. The development of technologies able to join aluminum alloys more ...

The efforts to produce automobiles with intense use of aluminum alloys is growing and the 6XXX series of aluminum alloys are important for this scenario. However, the current joining technologies applied in these alloys ...

Refill Friction Stir Spot Welding (RFSSW) is an innovative method for joining similar and dissimilar lightweight metallic materials or thermoplastics. This technique has the advantage of issuing energy savings, producing ...

The automotive industry is shifting to a new paradigm of material utilization in vehicles. Different parts of the car structural body are increasingly being made of materials selected to have a customized performance ...

Different processes are currently being used to weld aluminum and copper in a multilayered configuration in battery pouches for the automotive industry. The methods most used are mechanical joint, ultrasonic welding, laser ...

Refill Friction Stir Spot Welding has grown as an interesting alternative to conventional joining techniques in recent years, especially when it comes to high strength aluminum alloys. Although current results show promise, ...

In the current scientific and technological scenario, the increased demand for dissimilar joints aiming a combination of optimized mechanical properties has driven innovations. Based on this, the present project proposes ...