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The authors have developed the novel process for joining dissimilar metals, which uses gas metal arc welding and an auxiliary insert or element. In this process, the element or the flanged steel rivet that has a hollow center is inserted into the pre-hole prepared in an aluminum alloy sheet for the first step. Second, the hollow center is filled with steel weld metal by arc spot welding to join the...