Characterization of tensile properties of tailor welded IF steel sheets and their formability in stretch forming

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 183, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 321-332

  Panda, Sushanta Kumar ^a   Kumar, D Ravi ^a   Kumar, Harish ^b   Nath, A K ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b RAJA RAMANNA CENTRE FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Interstitial free steel; Laser welding; Strain distribution; Stretch forming; Tailor welded blanks; Tensile tests

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LASER BEAM WELDING; METAL FORMING; MICROHARDNESS; MICROSTRUCTURE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TENSILE PROPERTIES; TENSILE TESTING;

INTERSTITIAL-FREE STEEL; STRAIN DISTRIBUTION; STRETCH FORMING; SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; TAILOR WELDED BLANKS;

STEEL SHEET;

EID: 33846850523     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2006.10.035     Document Type: Article

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