Weldbonding strengthens and balances the stresses in spot-welded dissimilar thickness joints

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 352-362

  Darwish, S M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Finite element technique; Spot welded joints; Weldbonding

Indexed keywords

CORROSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

WELDBONDING;

WELDS;

EID: 0037457280     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-0136(02)01119-6     Document Type: Article

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