Predicting resistance spot weld failure modes in shear tension tests of advanced high-strength automotive steels

Welding Journal (Miami, Fla)

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Radakovic, D J ^a   Tumuluru, M ^a  

^a UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual phase steels; Finite element modeling; Fracture mechanics; Shear tension; Test failure mode; TRIP steels

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE STEELS; SHEAR TENSION TESTS; TRIP STEELS;

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; SPOT WELDING;

STEEL;

EID: 42249097112     PISSN: 00432296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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