The influence of the weld structure on the formability of laser welded tailored blanks

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Waddell, W ^a   Jackson, S ^b   Wallach, E R ^b  

^a Welsh Technology Cent   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARDNESS; LASER BEAMS; WELDING;

CARBON EQUIVALENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COMPUTER MODELS; MEASUREMENTS OF; SHEET THICKNESS; TAILORWELDED BLANKS (TWBS); WEIGHT REDUCTION; WELDING PARAMETERS;

HEAT AFFECTED ZONE;

EID: 85072475656     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/982396     Document Type: Conference Paper

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