The electric vehicle (EV) battery systems are complex assemblies of dissimilar materials in
which battery cells are connected using several thousand interconnect joints. Every single …

Modern structural engineering is impossible without the use of materials and structures with
high strength and low specific weight. This work carries out a quantitative and qualitative …

The feasibility of fabricating a single component with a copper and stainless steel multi-
material structure can broaden its functional properties and offer significant value in …

In this study, Al alloys and high strength duplex stainless steel plates were welded using
explosive welding technology. Compared with the direct welding method, the use of an …

The development of high-performance dissimilar aluminum–steel joints is necessary to
promote the feasibility of multi-material design and lightweight manufacturing. However …

Multi-material design is a viable approach to reduce fuel consumption as well as
environmentally unfriendly gas emissions. Aluminum is being increasingly used to replace …

Porosity defects was highly related to the keyhole and melt flow dynamic during laser
welding process. In this paper, a novel 3D numerical model was developed to describe the …

The combination of aluminium (Al) and steel is a promising solution in the automotive
industry for reducing the weight of automotive body structure and fuel consumption. The …

The alternative longitudinal external magnetic field (LEMF) was verified to be effective to
enhance the spreading and wetting capacity of the molten aluminum metal in metal inert gas …

In recent years, a rapidly growing demand for laser brazing in the transportation industry for
automotive parts joining to improve the productivity, quality of the joints and cost efficiency …