The transport industry is working to reduce weight of vehicles. Less weight helps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The materials used, have a high influence on weight. Heavy metals can thus be replaced using lighter alloys and polymeric materials. By combining several different materials, so called multi-material structures were created. This thesis presents the method of friction riveting and the effects of used parameters on the resulting joints. The materials used are aluminium alloy 2024 and polyethermide. The resulting joints were first examined by X-ray tomography, followed by a pullout test. X-ray tomography gave us an insight into the joint geometry while the pullout test resulted in force at which the joints broke. Samples produced with higher mechanical energy achieved greater anchoring depths of rivets into the polymetric base plates. These samples also achieved higher pullout forces. It turned out, that the most important parameters are friction force of the first phase and friction time of the first phase. Higher energy input in the first phase is reflected in greater deformation of the rivet during welding.
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