Suppressing cracking in resistance welding AA5754 by mechanical means

Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 79-85

  Zhang, Hongyan ^a   Senkara, Jacek ^a   Wu, Xin ^a  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CRACK PROPAGATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SPOT WELDING; TENSILE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRESS;

MULTI-SPOT WELDING;

CRACK INITIATION;

EID: 13644258663     PISSN: 10871357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1418693     Document Type: Article

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