Resistance spot welding of aluminum alloy to steel with transition material - Part II: Finite element analyses of nugget growth

Welding Journal (Miami, Fla)

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Sun, X ^a   Khaleel, M A ^b  

^a BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum Alloy; Aluminum Clad Steel; Dissimilar Metals Joining; Finite Element Analysis; Nugget Growth; Resistance Spot Welding; Transition Material; Welding Process Simulation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM-CLAD STEELS; DISSIMILAR METALS JOINING; NUGGET GROWTH; RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING (RSW); WELDING PROCESS SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING WATER; ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTRODES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; JOINING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON RATIO; QUALITY CONTROL; SPOT WELDING; STEEL; TRANSITION METALS;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 3242769103     PISSN: 00432296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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