Numerical simulation of residual stresses in a spot welded joint

Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 222-226

  Long, Xin ^a   Khanna, Sanjeev K ^a  

^a Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT AFFECTED ZONE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRESS CONCENTRATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

NUGGET; SPOT WELDED JOINT; THERMAL ELECTRO MECHANICAL COUPLED FINITE ELEMENT MODEL;

SPOT WELDING;

EID: 0037740956     PISSN: 00944289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1543968     Document Type: Article

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