Tailor welded blanks for the automotive industry

Tailor Welded Blanks for Advanced Manufacturing

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 164-180

  Kinsey, Brad L ^a  

^a University of New Hampshire   (United States)

Author keywords

Automotive industry; Tailor welded blanks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898076745     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-84569-704-4.50007-1     Document Type: Chapter

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