Numerical and experimental study on nugget formation in resistance spot welding for three pieces of high strength steel sheets

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 210, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2045-2052

  Ma, Ninshu ^a   Murakawa, Hidekazu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Experiment; High strength steel; Nugget formation; Simulation; Spot welding; Three piece worksheets; Weld lobe

Indexed keywords

CONTACT STATE; ELECTRICAL FIELD; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FEM SIMULATIONS; FORMATION PROCESS; HIGH STRENGTH; INTERFACE ELEMENTS; MECHANICAL FIELD; NUGGET FORMATION; NUGGET SIZE; NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING; SIMULATION; THERMAL FIELD; THERMAL MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; THREE PIECE WORKSHEETS; WELDING CONDITIONS;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; EXPERIMENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HIGH STRENGTH STEEL; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RESISTANCE WELDING; SPOT WELDING; STEEL SHEET; WELDING; WELDING ELECTRODES; WELDS;

STEEL RESEARCH;

EID: 77957898663     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2010.07.025     Document Type: Article

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