The effect of coatings on the resistance spot welding behavior of 780 MPa dual-phase steel

Welding Journal (Miami, Fla)

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Tumuluru, M ^a  

^a UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact resistance; Current range; Dual phase steel; GDIS spectrometer; Hot dipped coatings; Interfacial fractures; Microhardness profiles; Resistance spot welding; Weld tensile strength

Indexed keywords

CURRENT RANGE; DUAL-PHASE STEEL; HOT-DIPPED GALVANNCAL (HDGA); INTERFACIAL FRACTURES; MICROHARDNESS PROFILES; RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING; WELD TENSILE STRENGTH;

COATINGS; CONTACT RESISTANCE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MICROHARDNESS; STEEL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

SPOT WELDING;

EID: 34250303121     PISSN: 00432296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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