Resistance spot welding (RSW) of advanced high strength steels (AHSS) for automotive body construction

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 669-675

  Koganti, Ramakrishna ^a   Angotti, Sergio ^a   Joaquin, Armando ^a   Jiang, Cindy ^b  

^a FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

^b AET Integration Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

AC; AHSS; Button size; Current range; EG; Electrode; GMT; HAZ; HDG; MFDC; Micro hardness; RSW; Squeeze time; Stack up; UHSS; Wed time

Indexed keywords

ACTINIUM; APPLICATION PROGRAMS; CARBON STEEL; ELECTRODES; FUEL ECONOMY; MANUFACTURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RESISTANCE WELDING; SPOT WELDING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; WELDING; WELDING ELECTRODES; WELDS;

AHSS; BUTTON SIZE; CURRENT RANGE; EG; GMT; HAZ; HDG; MFDC; RSW; SQUEEZE TIME; STACK-UP; UHSS; WED TIME;

HIGH STRENGTH STEEL;

EID: 80052435503     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE200742675     Document Type: Conference Paper

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