The distortion of laser welded titanium plates was assessed for different operating conditions of the laser welding device, and with different welding parameters (in terms of weld point and prewelding). In this study, Nd : YAG laser welding device was used to join the titanium plates. The results showed that distortion increased stepwise after each welding point along the welding zone (one-side...

In the present study, friction spot welding or refill friction stir spot welding was performed to consolidate dissimilar AA5754 Al and AZ31 Mg alloys. The intermetallic compounds of Al12Mg17 and Al3Mg2 were primarily found in the weld, distributed at the interface between the base materials and in the Al top sheet. The distribution of the intermetallic compounds and the interfacial area between...

Ultrasonic spot welds have been used as a model system to investigate how to determine the mode-I cohesive parameters associated with interfacial fracture of a spot weld. Numerical analyses indicated that, while multiple combinations of the two cohesive parameters (characteristic strength, σ̂ , and toughness, I ) could result in virtually indistinguishable behaviors for individual geometries, on...

Lasers are now being used in the automotive industry to produce seam or stitch welds, as alternatives to conventional resistance spot welding, which are used extensively for attaching auto-body panels to subassemblies. The advantages of laser welding over resistance spot welding result from the smallness of the laser spot size, the large penetration depth of the weld into the material and the r...

Resistance spot welded 1.2 mm (t)-thick 1400 MPa martensitic steel (MS1400) samples are fabricated and their microstructure, mechanical properties investigated thoroughly. The performance failure modes exhibit a strong dependence on weld-nugget size. pull-out mode for MS1400 resistance welds does not follow the conventional size recommendation criteria of 4t0.5. Significant softening was observ...

An efficient nondestructive testing method of resistance spot weld quality is essential in evaluating the all welded joints automotive components a car body production line. This study proposes prediction algorithm for welding that can predict geometrical and physical properties spot-welded joint evaluate based on acceptance criteria. To this end, four statistical models main joint, including t...

Mathematical models and associated numerical techniques have been developed to investigate the complicated transport phenomena in spot hybrid laser-MIG keyhole welding. A continuum formulation is used to handle solid phase, liquid phase, and the mushy zone during the melting and solidification processes. The volume of fluid (VOF) method is employed to handle free surfaces, and the enthalpy meth...

In recent years, increasing automotive safety by improving crashworthiness has been a focal point in the industry, employing high-strength steel such as press hardenable (PHS). addition to improved strength of individual parts body vehicle, resistance-spot-welded joints these is highly important obtain safe structure. general, dimensions weld nuggets are regarded one criteria for quality spot-w...

Electrode degradation in the continuous resistance spot-welding process of baked hardening (BH) 220 steel was evaluated by an electrode life test, and weldability tests were conducted geometry feature measurement, mechanical property analysis, diameter measurement with 88 or 176 weld intervals. The analysis shows that heat-affected zone (HAZ) width, nugget diameter, area tend to decrease rapidl...