Forming of aluminum tailor welded blanks

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Kinsey, Brad ^a   Viswanathan, Vikram ^a   Cao, Jian ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; DOMES; HEAT AFFECTED ZONE; LASER BEAM WELDING; SHEET METAL;

DEEP-DRAWING PROCESS; MANUFACTURING COST; MATERIAL CHANGE; POTENTIAL STRAIN; PROCESS MODIFICATIONS; TAILOR-WELDED BLANKS; VEHICLE WEIGHTS; WELDING PROCESS;

DRAWING (FORMING);

EID: 85072476516     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2001-01-0822     Document Type: Conference Paper

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