Design of experiment analysis and weld lobe estimation for aluminum resistance spot welding

Welding Journal (Miami, Fla)

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Cho, Y ^a   Li, W ^b   Hu, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum Alloy; Design of Experiment; Quality Estimation; Regression Analysis; Resistance Spot Welding; Two stage, Sliding level; Weld Lobe; Weld Quality

Indexed keywords

DESIGN OF EXPERIMENT; QUALITY ESTIMATION; RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING; TWO-STAGE, SLIDING-LEVEL;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ELECTRODES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WELDS;

SPOT WELDING;

EID: 33645149774     PISSN: 00432296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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