Effect of interfacial reaction layer continuity on the tensile strength of resistance spot welded joints between aluminum alloy and steels

Materials and Design

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3686-3689

  Qiu, Ranfeng ^a   Satonaka, Shinobu ^b   Iwamoto, Chihiro ^b  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aluminum alloy; Interface; Reaction layer; Resistance spot welding; Strength

Indexed keywords

COLD-ROLLED STEEL; FRACTURE SURFACES; INTERFACE; INTERFACIAL MICROSTRUCTURE; INTERFACIAL REACTION LAYER; REACTION LAYER; REACTION LAYERS; RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING; SPOT-WELDED JOINTS; STRENGTH; WELDING INTERFACE;

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ALUMINUM METALLURGY; AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL; DISSIMILAR MATERIALS; RESISTANCE WELDING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPOT WELDING; STEEL; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE TESTING; WELDED STEEL STRUCTURES; WELDING;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 67349122669     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2009.02.012     Document Type: Article

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