Effect of welding nugget diameter on the fatigue strength of the resistance spot welded joints of different steel sheets

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 176, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 127-132

  Vural, M ^a   Akkus A ^a   Eryurek B ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Austenitic stainless steel; Fatigue resistance; Galvanized steel; Resistance spot welding

Indexed keywords

AUSTENITE; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; GALVANIZING; SPOT WELDING; STAINLESS STEEL; WELDS;

AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL; FATIGUE RESISTANCE; GALVANIZED STEEL; PARIS-ERDOGAN EQUATION; RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING;

STEEL SHEET;

EID: 33744523574     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2006.02.026     Document Type: Article

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