ABSTRACT This paper refers to some numerical simulation and experimental tests related to forming and springback of a part manufactured from tailor welded blanks. Final shape of the formed part is seriously affected by springback effect. This paper work is trying to prove out the important role of welding line placement has on the springback phenomenon. The influence of the welding line placeme...

in this paper, the optimum shape of tailor-welded blanks (twb) is investigated. the optimization is performed for two different case studies. the first example is deep drawing of a twb with dissimilar materials and uniform thicknesses and the next example is deep drawing of a twb with similar materials and non-uniform thicknesses. the effect of blank optimization on the weld line movement is in...

Limiting dome height (LDH) tests were used to evaluate the formability of laser butt welded blanks of the dual phase 980 steel in comparison with the base metal. Two different lasers were used: diode and Nd:YAG, giving a wide range of welding thermal cycles. A sharp decrease in LDH was observed in the welded specimens due to the formation of a softened zone in the outer heat affected zone. Soft...