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Failure of Laser Welds in Aluminum Sheets
Technical Paper
2001-01-0091
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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SAE 2001 World Congress
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In this paper, the formability of AA5754 aluminum laser-welded blanks produced by Nd:YAG laser welding is investigated under biaxial straining conditions. The mechanical behavior of the laser-welded blanks is first examined by uniaxial tensile tests conducted with the weld line perpendicular to the tensile axis. Shear failure in the weld metal is observed in the experiments. Finite element simulations under generalized plane strain conditions are then conducted in order to further understand the effects of weld geometry and strength on the shear failure and formability of these welded blanks. The strain histories of the material elements in the weld metal obtained from finite element computations are finally used in a theoretical failure analysis based on the material imperfection approach to predict the failure strains for the laser-welded blanks under biaxial straining conditions.
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Chien, W., Pan, J., and Friedman, P., "Failure of Laser Welds in Aluminum Sheets," SAE Technical Paper 2001-01-0091, 2001, https://doi.org/10.4271/2001-01-0091.Also In
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