Resistance spot weld failure loads and modes in overload conditions

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1296, Issue , 1997, Pages 469-489

  Zuniga, Steve ^a   Sheppard, Sheri D ^b  

^a APPLIED MATERIALS INC   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Impact failure; Overload conditions; Resistance spot welds; Weldments

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE FRAMES; COALESCENCE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HEAT AFFECTED ZONE; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE TESTING;

IMPACT FAILURE; RESISTANCE SPOT WELDS;

WELDS;

EID: 0031118805     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp16249s     Document Type: Article

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