Prediction of strain distribution in aluminum tailor welded blanks for different welding techniques

Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 493-502

  Buste, A ^a   Lalbin, X ^a   Worswick, M J ^a   Clarke, J A ^b   Altshuller, B ^c   Finn, M ^b   Jain, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b ALCAN Kingston R and D Centre ^*  (Canada)

^c ALCAN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRON BEAM WELDING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORMABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; STRAIN GAGES; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; WELDS;

LIMITING DOME HEIGHT (LDH) TESTS; TAILOR WELDED BLANKS (TWB);

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0034294344     PISSN: 00084433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/cmq.2000.39.4.493     Document Type: Article

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