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PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RAILWAY TECHNOLOGY: RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE
Edited by: J. Pombo
Paper 32.3

Direct bolting of railway aluminium vehicle components with flow drill screwing

J. Ganschow1, C. Denkert1, M. Dörre1, K.-M. Henkel2 and W. Flügge2

1Fraunhofer Institute for Large Structures in Production Engineering, Rostock, Germany
2Chair for Joining Technology, University Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
J. Ganschow, C. Denkert, M. Dörre, K.-M. Henkel, W. Flügge, "Direct bolting of railway aluminium vehicle components with flow drill screwing", in J. Pombo, (Editor), "Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, Online volume: CCC 1, Paper 32.3, 2022, doi:10.4203/ccc.1.32.3
Keywords: flow drill Screwing FDS, bolted joints, aluminium alloys, railway vehicles.

Abstract
The aim of the research study is to investigate the increase of the load-bearing ca-pacity by utilising a shear-/bearing loaded joint for both, the static and the fatigue strength verification of flow drill screwed aluminium components. The focus is set on load-bearing capacity investigations for bolted joints in aluminium profiles with sheet thicknesses from 3 mm to 7 mm, as they are commonly used in extruded aluminium profiles for supporting structures in rail vehicles. A decisive obstacle for the utilisation of the economic potential of directly bolted connections is the lack of design rules and load capacity verifications. As research objectives, the existing deficit of an analyti-cally unified design and the lacking determination of the load-bearing capacity of di-rectly bolted aluminium components must be eliminated. Considering the process chains of railway vehicle manufacturing, this is an economical advantage for the many supplier companies in the business.

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