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Materials and Design 46 (2013) 849–856 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Materials and Design journal homepage: www.else /locate/matdes Durability on alternate immersion test of self-piercing riveting aluminium joint Luigi Calabrese a, Lucio Bonaccorsi a, Edoardo Proverbio a, Guido Di Bella b,⇑, Chiara Borsellino c a Department of ‘‘Ingegneria Elettronica, Chimica e Ingegneria Industriale’’, Faculty of Engineering, University of Messina, Contrada di Dio, 98166 Messina, Italy b CNR ITAE, Salita Santa Lucia sopra Contesse 5, 98126 Messina, Italy c Department of ‘‘Ingegneria civile, Informatica, Edile, Ambientale e Matematica Applicata’’, Faculty of Engineering, University of Messina, Contrada di Dio, 98166 Messina, Italy a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: The aim of the present work is to evaluate durability behaviour and performances of self-piercing riveting Received 30 July 2012 joints of aluminium alloys sheets. The investigation was extended to two different total thicknesses (i.e. 3 Accepted 9 November 2012 and 4 mm) of symmetrical or unsymmetrical joints. The joint resistance was determined, by means of Available online 1 December 2012 shear tests of single-lap joints. Long term ageing tests were performed to evaluate the durability of the mechanical joint in critical environmental conditions. The experimental results evidenced that the corro- Keywords: sion degradation phenomena influenced significantly performances and failure mechanisms of th