Determination of true stress-strain curve for the weldment of aluminum laser-welded blanks

Journal of Laser Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 159-170

  Cheng, C H ^a   Chan, L C ^a   Tang, C Y ^a   Chow, C L ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum alloy; Laser welded blanks; True stress strain; Weldment

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LOCALIZED STRESS; MESH SIZE; MICRO GRID; NEW APPROACHES; RECORDING SYSTEMS; STRAIN DISTRIBUTIONS; TENSILE BEHAVIORS; TENSILE TESTS; TIME DEFORMATION; TOTAL ELONGATIONS; TRANSVERSE TENSILE; TRUE STRESS-STRAIN; VIDEO ENCODER; WELD QUALITY; WELDMENT; YIELD STRENGTH;

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; LASERS; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; TENSILE TESTING; WELDING;

STRAIN;

EID: 34248215944     PISSN: 1042346X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2351/1.1961652     Document Type: Article

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