The advancement of lightweight automotive technologies has necessitated the adoption of
various lightweight materials, leading to the development and investigation of numerous …

This paper presents an experimental study of multiple repair welds in a stainless steel clad
plate. Four weld samples with one, two, three and four repairs in the same area were …

A 3-D sequential coupling finite element simulation is performed to investigate the
temperature field and residual stress in the repair weld of a stainless steel clad plate. The …

In this work, finite element analysis (FEA) was used to simulate the resistance spot welding
process (RSW) of aluminum (Al), and copper (Cu). By determining the optimum welding …

Temperature and residual stresses were thermo-mechanically modeled in a 1000 mm long
welding plate based on the simplified variable length heat source. The stress relaxations …

The engineering parts joining by the spot welding require acceptable properties to survive
the loading conditions XE" temperature". Several studies show that the welding variables …

The magnitude and state of residual stress has a great influence on the fatigue life of sheet
metal joints used in the automobile and aircraft industries. The present study developed a …

Resistance spot welding process (RSW) is one of remarkable manufacturing processes in
automotive industry. There are several process parameters; quantum of weld current, weld …

Fatigue life prediction of advanced high strength steels (AHSS) spot welded joints is of great
importance for autobody design with AHSS being increasingly used. In the present work, the …

Resistance spot welded joints made of two advanced high strength steels (AHSS) and one
high strength steel (HSS) were examined. In the high cycle fatigue regime tests were …