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The new joining solution allows one to obtain permanent mechanical joints of tubes or pipes by means of an accessory lightweight sheet metal flange subjected to annular indentation and subsequent injection of its material towards the tube walls to produce a mechanical interlock between the different elements. The sheet-flange connection can then be utilized to affix the joined tube assembly to walls or other different structures and equipment, by means of fasteners or other joining accessories attached to the sheet flange. Similar or dissimilar material combinations can be easily and safely produced while guaranteeing levels of leak-tightness within the maximum internal operating pressure of the individual tubes. A combined numerical\u2013experimental approach is employed to identify the operative parameters as well as to explain the deformation conditions. 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