An experimental study determines the electrical contact resistance in resistance welding

Welding Journal (Miami, Fla)

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Song, Quanfeng ^a   Zhang, Wenqi ^b   Bay, Niels ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b SWANTEC SOFTWARE AND ENGINEERING APS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Contact Resistance; Dynamic Method; Film Resistance; Gleeble Machine; Pressure; Static Method; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BASE METALS; CONSTRICTION RESISTANCE; ELECTRICAL CONTACT RESISTANCE; JOULE HEATING;

ALUMINUM; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STEEL; SURFACES; THERMAL EFFECTS; YIELD STRESS;

WELDING;

EID: 18744404271     PISSN: 00432296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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