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1770939 
Journal Article 
Self-piercing riveting connections using aluminium rivets 
Hoang, NH; Porcaro, R; Langseth, M; Hanssen, AG 
2010 
Yes 
International Journal of Solids and Structures
ISSN: 0020-7683 
47 
3-4 
427-439 
WOS:000274078100008 
The development of the self-piercing riveting (SPR)
technology in recent years has broadened the application of the technology in the automobile
industry. However, the SPR process currently utilises high-strength steel rivets; and the
combination between steel rivets with an aluminium car body makes recycling a challenge. The
possibility of replacing a steel self-piercing rivet with an aluminium one has thus been raised
as an interesting topic. Within this framework, the objective of the present paper is to provide
an experimental database on the riveting process using an aluminium self-piercing rivet. An
experimental programme has been carried out, where two similar sheets in aluminium alloy 6060 in
three different tempers (temper W, temper T4, and temper T6) have been joined by using a self-
piercing rivet in three different alloys, i.e. 6082-T6, 7108-T5, and 7278-T6. The influence of
the die shape on the SPIR of aluminium sheets using aluminium rivets was also considered.
Conventional rivets and dies according to the Boellhoff standards were employed. The test results
were exploited in terms of the riveting force-displacement curves and cross-sectional geometries
of the riveted joints. The test data were also used to validate a 2D-axisymmetric model, which
was originally developed at SIMLab for modelling the riveting process using a steel rivet.
Finally, the mechanical behaviour of a riveted connection using an aluminium rivet under quasi-
static loading conditions (i.e. combined pure shear and pure opening loads) was experimentally
studied and compared with corresponding tests using a steel rivet in terms of force-displacement
curves. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. 
Self piercing riveting; Aluminium rivet; Aluminium SPR joint; Numerical modelling; Testing