Study of damage initiation and fracture in aluminum tailor welded blanks made via different welding techniques

Journal of Light Metals

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 95-110

  Shakeri, H R ^a   Buste, A ^a   Worswick, M J ^a   Clarke, J A ^b,c   Feng, F ^b   Jain, M ^b   Finn, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b ALCAN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED   (Canada)

^c Alcan Global Automotive Products   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum tailor welded blanks; Fracture; Nd:YAG laser; NVEB

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; DEFECTS; FRACTURE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; NEODYMIUM LASERS; WELDING;

DAMAGE INITIATION;

WELDS;

EID: 0036589329     PISSN: 14715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-5317(02)00028-7     Document Type: Article

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