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Modeling and Analysis of Microstructure Development in Resistance Spot Welds of High Strength Steels
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In this study, an incrementally coupled finite element analysis procedure is used to analyze the electrical, thermal, and mechanical interaction during resistance spot welding processes. The results of the finite element analysis are validated by experimental measurements of the weld nugget sizes and dynamic resistance. The temperature results from the thermo-electric analysis are used as the input for the prediction of the microstructure evolution in the resistance spot welds of high strength steels. Consequently such welding parameters as welding current, electrode force, electrode designs, cooling water temperature and flow rate, and electrode holding time can be linked with the weld nugget size, microstructure and mechanical properties in spot welds, and eventually the residual stresses and performance of spot welded structures.
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Li, M., Dong, P., and Kimchi, M., "Modeling and Analysis of Microstructure Development in Resistance Spot Welds of High Strength Steels," SAE Technical Paper 982278, 1998, https://doi.org/10.4271/982278.Also In
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