Modelling

Decisive for the cause of failure in the mechanical joining process is in particular the prevailing stress situation, the complex material behavior taking into account friction, plasticity and damage mechanisms as well as frequently incorrectly joined or overstressed joints. With regard to service loading, corrosion phenomena and the development and propagation of fatigue cracks have to be considered as well in order to avoid damage to mechanically joined structures under service loading. To analyze the properties of a clinched joint, trial-and-error methods and experience-based approaches have often been used so far. However, these are in general only rigidly valid for individual material-geometry combinations, so that the design of the clinching process can currently only react to external process changes to a limited extent and have to be carried out individually for each material combination.

Therefore, a reliable prediction of joinability requires a comprehensive methodology that considers the entire product life cycle from the material to be joined, through the manufacturing process, to the operation of the joint. This holistic approach is essential for an exact process simulation as well as a reliable prediction of load-bearing capacity and service life and is consequently an essential subject of the interdisciplinary cooperation within the working group “Modeling”. The TRR subprojects represented in this working group are doing research regarding holistic modeling approaches and, thus, contribute to the penetration of the complex cause-effect relationships in the mechanical joining of different materials (e.g. aluminum, steel and fiber composites). In this context, the numerical modeling of the entire joining process chain using the LS-Dyna software is aimed at, taking into account the design phase of the product, the joining process with damage modeling as well as the properties of the joint resulting from the operational phase (including corrosion and fatigue crack growth). A consistent consideration of these phases is necessary to manufacture clinched products in a process-safe manner and to be able to fulfill their functions over the entire service life. A simulation chain that takes into account all phases of the product development process of a clinched structure contributes significantly to the understanding of the complex interactions in the mechanical joining of different materials and, thus, ensures the joinability in versatile process chains.

Projekte

Arbeitskreisleiterin

Dr.-Ing. Britta Schramm

Office: IW1.872
Phone: +49 5251 60-5327
E-mail: schramm@fam.uni-paderborn.de

Mitglieder

M. Sc. Christian Roman Bielak Teilprojekt A01	Office: P1.3.22.1 Phone: +49 5251 60 3811 E-mail: christian.bielak@lwf.uni-paderborn.de
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Brosius Projectnr. B01, C04	Phone: +49 351 463 37616 E-mail: alexander.brosius@tu-dresden.de
M. Sc. Johannes Friedlein Teilprojekt A05	Phone: +49 9131 85 64400 E-mail: johannes.friedlein@fau.de
Dipl.-Ing. Benjamin Gröger Teilprojekt A03	Phone: +49351 463 38155 E-mail: benjamin.groeger@tu-dresden.de
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Maik Gude Teilprojekt A03	Phone: +49 351 463 38153 E-mail: maik.gude@tu-dresden.de
Dipl.-Ing. Sven Harzheim Teilprojekt B03	Phone: +49 351 46333401 E-mail: sven.harzheim@tu-dresden.de
Dr. Andreas Hornig Teilprojekt A03	Phone: +49 351 463 38007 E-mail: andreas.hornig@tu-dresden.de
Dipl.-Ing. Daniel Köhler Teilprojekt C04	Phone: +49 351 463 37916 E-mail: daniel.koehler3@tu-dresden.de
Sven Martin subproject B01	Office: Y2.327 Phone: +49 5251 605406 E-mail: sven.martin@uni-paderborn.de
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerson Meschut Teilprojekte A01, C02, Z	Phone: +49 5251 60 3031 E-mail: meschut@lwf.uni-paderborn.de
M. Sc. Annika Oesterwinter Teilprojekt C03	Phone: +49 5251 60 5953 E-mail: ao@luf.upb.de
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Christian Steinfelder Teilprojekt B01	Phone: +49 351 463 42497 E-mail: christian.steinfelder@tu-dresden.de
Prof. Dr.-Ing Paul Steinmann Teilprojekt A05	Phone: +49 9131 8528501 E-mail: paul.steinmann@fau.de
Prof. Dr. Thomas Tröster Teilprojekt B01	Office: Y2.116 Phone: +49 5251 60 5331 E-mail: thomas.troester@uni-paderborn.de
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Thomas Wallmersperger subproject B03	Phone: +49 351 463337013 E-mail: thomas.wallmersperger@tu-dresden.de

Veröffentlichungen

Publications

A Review on the Modeling of the Clinching Process Chain - Part III: Operational Phase

B. Schramm, S. Harzheim, D. Weiß, T.D. Joy, M. Hofmann, J. Mergheim, T. Wallmersperger, Journal of Advanced Joining Processes (2022).

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A Review on the Modeling of the Clinching Process Chain - Part I: Design Phase

B. Schramm, S. Martin, C. Steinfelder, C.R. Bielak, A. Brosius, G. Meschut, T. Tröster, T. Wallmersperger, J. Mergheim, Journal of Advanced Joining Processes 6 (2022).

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A Review on the Modeling of the Clinching Process Chain - Part II: Joining Process

B. Schramm, J. Friedlein, B. Gröger, C.R. Bielak, M. Bobbert, M. Gude, G. Meschut, T. Wallmersperger, J. Mergheim, Journal of Advanced Joining Processes (2022).

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