Ultimate Strength of Resistance Spot Welds Subjected to Combined Tension and Shear

Journal of Testing and Evaluation

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 213-219

  Lee, Yung Li ^a   Wehner, Tim J ^a   Lu, Ming Wei ^a   Morrissett, Thomas W ^a   Pakalnins, Eric ^a  

^a CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Combined tension and shear; Design of experiments; Reliability; Resistance spot weld; Sheet metal; Ultimate strength

Indexed keywords

CARBON STEEL; RELIABILITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; STEEL SHEET; TENSILE STRENGTH; WELDS;

DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS (DOE); ULTIMATE STRENGTH;

SPOT WELDING;

EID: 0032069179     PISSN: 00903973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jte11994j     Document Type: Article

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