Joining of CFRP and Aluminum Alloy Plate Employing Friction Stir Forming (FSF)

Abstract

This paper reports generation of the rivet-like joints between the CFRP and A5083P-O aluminum alloy plates with utilizing the friction stir forming (FSF) approach. The authors prepared a CFRP plate having a hole and put it on the mold having the cavity of the head of a rivet-like joint. Then we put a 3mm-thick A5083P-O aluminum alloy plate on them and conducted friction stirring on its back surface. Due to massive heat and compression force generated by the friction stirring, the rivet-like joint was generated without any additional fasteners.