Mechanische Verbindungen im Metallleichtbau

Construction is not possible without joining single parts to components and at the end to the final structure. There exist multifarious kinds of connections whose suitability mainly depends on the characteristic of raw material the structural parts are made of. This article especially deals with joints in metallic light weight structures. Beside the typical connections in metal structures like welding, bolting and riveting in metallic light weight structures further kinds of connections can be found like standing seam, clinch, punch rivet or cartridge fired pin connections. Describing all these single methods would go beyond the scope of this article. That is why only the predominant part of all connections with so called pencil-shaped fastening elements like screwed connections, blind riveted connections and connections with cartridge fired pins will be dealt with. Furthermore the scope of application will be shown, advantages and disadvantages will be compared, the determination of characteristic values or resistance will be shortly explained and advices for calculation and execution will be given