Fasteners

Working group 5: Fasteners

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Mechanical joining: Self pierce riveting, blind riveting, clinching, flow drill fastening, hemming, screw joining,,
Testing of threaded fasteners according to ISO16047, VW01129-01131 and other automotive standards (torque - tension curve, measurement of coefficients of friction)
Fatigue testing of threaded fasteners with or w/o temperature conditioning (-60°C to +250°C)
Self-loosening tests on threaded joints (Junker's test)
Characterization of the tribological and static strength properties of threadlockers, with or w/o thermal-hygroscopic ageing
Development of software tools for the design and assessment of multi-bolt, multi-material, threaded joints (including fatigue, preload relaxation)

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