Effect of susceptibility to interfacial fracture on fatigue properties of spot-welded high strength sheet steel

Materials and Design

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2566-2576

  Hilditch, T B ^a   Speer, J G ^b   Matlock, D K ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

A. ferrous metals and alloys; D. welding; E. fatigue

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE; HARDNESS; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; PLASTICITY; SPOT WELDING;

ADVANCED HIGH STRENGTH STEELS; INTERFACIAL FRACTURE; TRANSFORMATION INDUCED PLASTICITY;

STEEL SHEET;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE; HARDNESS; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; PLASTICITY; SPOT WELDING; STEEL SHEET;

EID: 34347329212     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2006.10.019     Document Type: Article

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