Due to its advantages over the spot welding technique, clinch joining technique is applied extensively in the automobile, electrical apparatus, etc. The quality and strength of the joints are the hot issues of the technique, which are severely affected by the processing parameters and die structure parameters. Clinch joining experiments of aluminous sheetsL5 were carried out under various blank holder forces and die structure parameters, and the influence of the parameters on the failure mode, section quality and strength of the joints were analyzed. The results show that the failure of the joints is mainly the shearing and a good section quality and high shearing strength of the joints can be obtained by reasonable processing parameters and die structure parameters.