Spot weld failure loads under combined mode loading conditions

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Lin, S H ^a   Pan, J ^a   Wu, S ^b   Tyan, T ^b   Wung, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); SPOT WELDING; WELDS;

EMPIRICAL COEFFICIENTS; ENGINEERING FAILURES; LOAD-CARRYING BEHAVIOR; LOADING CONDITION; OPTICAL MICROGRAPHS; SHEAR LOADING CONDITIONS; SHEET THICKNESS; STATIC AND IMPACT LOADINGS;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

EID: 85072458641     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2001-01-0428     Document Type: Conference Paper

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