Failure of spot welds under in-plane static loading

Experimental Mechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 100-106

  Wung, P ^a   Walsh, T ^a   Ourchane, A ^a   Stewart, W ^a   Jie, M ^b  

^a FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

Author keywords

Force based failure criterion; Multi spot weld test verification; Spot weld; Spot weld crack; Spot weld failure

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC LOADS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SHEAR STRESS; SPOT WELDING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

IN-PLANE STATIC LOADING;

WELDS;

FAILURE; WELD;

EID: 0035055107     PISSN: 00144851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02323111     Document Type: Article

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