Developments in characterization of resistance spot welding of aluminum

Welding Journal (Miami, Fla)

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-s

  Hao, M ^a   Osman, K A ^a   Boomer, D R ^b   Newton, C J ^c  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Alcan Rolled Products Company   (United States)

^c Alcan Intl's Banbury Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Automotive; Data Acquisition; Electrical Data; Inverter RW; Linear Regression; Monitoring System; Nugget Diameter; Resistance Spot Weld; Tensile Strength

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; MONITORING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESISTANCE WELDING; STATISTICAL METHODS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WELDS;

ALUMINUM VEHICLES; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; LINEAR REGRESSION; MONITORING SYSTEM; RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING;

SPOT WELDING;

EID: 0029777851     PISSN: 00432296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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