Bonded Car: CAE reliability tools &design methods for structures with hybrid bonded joints

为了使公司能够在今天和未来成功竞争，他们需要开发下一代轻质环保和可持续的运输系统。由于这些产品受到苛刻和反复的载荷，因此有必要能够预测车辆中关节的耐久性性能。保税汽车项目开发了商用软件模拟工具，以预测五种连接技术的使用寿命：结构粘合剂、自穿孔铆钉、铝点焊、焊接和河接。这样就可以确定所需的接头类型、位置和数量，以满足结构的耐久性运行性能，同时降低成本和重量。

To enable companies to successfully compete today and in the future, they need to develop the next generation of light weight environmentally friendly and sustainable transportation systems. As these products are subjected to demanding and repeated loadings, it is necessary to be able to predict the durability performance of the joints in the vehicle.The Bonded Car project has developed commercially available software simulation tools to predict the operating life of five joining technologies: - Structural Adhesive, Self-Pierce Rivets, Aluminium Spot Welds, Weld-Bonded and Riv-Bonded.This will enable the type of joint, location and number of joints required to be determined, to meet the durability operating performance of the structure, while reducing both cost and weight.