Weldability of thin sheet metals during small-scale resistance spot welding using an alternating-current power supply

Journal of Electronic Materials

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1090-1099

  Zhou, Y ^a   Gorman, P ^b   Tan, T ^a   Ely, E J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b EDISON WELDING INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM SHEET; BRASS; COPPER; SPOT WELDING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; WELDING ELECTRODES;

RESISTANCE WELDABILITY; SMALL-SCALE RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING (SSRSW);

WELDABILITY;

EID: 0034276278     PISSN: 03615235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11664-004-0270-z     Document Type: Article

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