Review of resistance spot welding of steel sheets: Part 1 - Modelling and control of weld nugget formation

International Materials Reviews

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 45-75

  Williams, N T ^a,b   Parker, J D ^c  

^a Welsh Laboratories ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b SWINDEN TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Current force resistance temperature modelling; Double multithickness welding; Interlinked multiparameter simulations; Machine characteristics

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODES; FEEDBACK CONTROL; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTION; FUZZY CONTROL; INDUCTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROCESS CONTROL; STEEL SHEET; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS; WELDING MACHINES; WELDS;

CURRENT-FORCE-RESISTANCE-TEMPERATURE MODELING; DOUBLE/MULTITHICKNESS WELDING; INTERLINKED MULTIPARAMETER SIMULATIONS; MACHINE CHARACTERISTICS; RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING;

WELDING;

EID: 3042681288     PISSN: 09506608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/095066004225010523     Document Type: Review

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