Quality assurance in resistance spot welding: state of practice, state of the art, and prospects

P Stavropoulos, K Sabatakakis - Metals, 2024 - mdpi.com
Resistance spot welding is a process with high variability regarding the quality of the
produced joints. This means that key performance indicators (KPIs) such as geometrical and …

Supercritical area and critical nugget diameter for liquid metal embrittlement of Zn-coated twining induced plasticity steels

R Ashiri, MA Haque, CW Ji, HR Salimijazi, YD Park - Scripta Materialia, 2015 - Elsevier
Liquid metal embrittlement induced cracking of zinc-coated twining induced plasticity steels
was investigated during their resistance spot welding. Crack resistance of steel was …

[HTML][HTML] Achieving superior cryogenic impact toughness and sufficient tensile properties in a novel high-Mn austenitic steel weld metal via cerium addition

J Zhang, G Li, H Wang, X Wan, M Hu, Y Cao - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
The microstructure and mechanical properties of the novel cryogenic high-Mn austenitic
steel weld metals with different cerium (Ce) contents were investigated via electron back …

The failure mechanism of resistance spot welded third-generation medium-Mn steel during shear-tension loading

S Sarmast-Ghahfarokhi, S Zhang, ARH Midawi… - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Medium-Mn (M-Mn) steels have received considerable attention in the automotive
industry due to their superior mechanical properties such as high strength to weight ratio …

Laser weldability of TWIP980 with DP980/B1500HS/QP980 steels: Microstructure and mechanical properties

W Guo, Z Wan, Q Jia, L Ma, H Zhang, C Tan… - Optics & Laser …, 2020 - Elsevier
Twinning induced plasticity steel (TWIP980) was fiber laser welded with dual phase steel
(DP980), hot stam** boron steel (B1500HS), and quenching & partitioning steel (QP980) …

[HTML][HTML] Microstructure, strain hardening behavior, segregation and corrosion resistance of an electron beam welded thick high-Mn TWIP steel plate

Y Chen, GM Liu, HY Li, XM Zhang, H Ding - Journal of Materials Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the present work, the microstructure, strain hardening behavior, segregation and
corrosion resistance of a high-Mn TWIP steel joint fabricated by electron beam welding …

Advanced trends in metallurgy and weldability of high-strength cold-resistant and cryogenic steels

AI Rudskoi, SG Parshin - Metals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Thermomechanical Controlled Processing (TMCP), the initial microstructure and mechanical
properties of rolled products made of high-strength steels, have a significant influence on the …

Numerical and experimental investigations on the enhancement of the tensile shear strength for resistance spot welded TWIP steel

K Ding, Y Wang, M Lei, T Wei, G Wu, Y Zhang… - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2022 - Elsevier
The microstructure manipulation by adjusting the content of alloy element plays a significant
role in the material fabrication, and resistance spot welded joint has a crucial effect on the …

Heat-affected zone liquation crack on resistance spot welded TWIP steels

DC Saha, IS Chang, YD Park - Materials Characterization, 2014 - Elsevier
In this study, the heat affected zone (HAZ) liquation crack and segregation behavior of the
resistance spot welded twinning induced plasticity (TWIP) steel have been reported. Cracks …

Microstructure and tensile-shear properties of resistance spot-welded medium Mn steel

Q Jia, L Liu, W Guo, Y Peng, G Zou, Z Tian, YN Zhou - Metals, 2018 - mdpi.com
The medium Mn steels are gaining increasing attention due to their excellent combination of
mechanical properties and material cost. A cold-rolled 0.1 C5Mn medium Mn steel with a …