Numerical study of strengths of spot-welded joints of steel

Materials and Design

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1554-1561

  Kong, X ^a   Yang, Q ^b   Li, B ^a   Rothwell, G ^a   English, R ^a   Ren, X J ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b YANSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Inverse FE modelling; Spot welding; Strength

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SHEAR STRENGTH; SPOT WELDING; STRAIN HARDENING; TENSILE STRENGTH;

RESISTANCE SPOT-WELDING; SPOT-WELDED JOINTS; TENSILE-SHEAR LOADING;

STEEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SHEAR STRENGTH; SPOT WELDING; STEEL; STRAIN HARDENING; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 42649087735     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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