Fatigue Strength Improvement of Low Carbon Steel Resistance Spot Welds by the StressWave™ Process

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. D. Flinn ◽  
R. Spitsen ◽  
D. Kim ◽  
T. Nam ◽  
E. T. Easterbrook
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Strength ◽  
Carbon Steel ◽  
Low Carbon Steel ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Spot Welds ◽  
Resistance Spot ◽  
Resistance Spot Welds ◽  
Fatigue Strength Improvement ◽  
Strength Improvement

The Effects of Post-Weld Cold Working Processes on the Fatigue Strength of Low Carbon Steel Resistance Spot Welds

2005 ◽  
Vol 127 (4) ◽  
pp. 718-723 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Spitsen ◽  
D. Kim ◽  
B. Flinn ◽  
M. Ramulu ◽  
E. T. Easterbrook
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Strength ◽  
Carbon Steel ◽  
Cold Working ◽  
Low Carbon Steel ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Spot Welds ◽  
Working Process ◽  
Resistance Spot ◽  
Resistance Spot Welds ◽  
Spot Welded

The investigation on the use of a post-weld cold working process to improve fatigue strength of low carbon steel resistance spot welds is presented. The cold working process generates uniform and consistent large zones of compressive residual stresses in resistance spot-welded low carbon steel structures using a specially designed indentation device. The effect of the indentation process parameters on the mechanical properties of the resistance spot weld was investigated. Comparisons of the mechanical properties and qualitative results between the as-resistance spot-welded specimens and the post-weld cold worked resistance spot-welded specimens have been made in this investigation. Fatigue testing was also conducted to evaluate the effect of post-weld cold working process on the fatigue characteristics of resistance spot welds. Results showed that a significant improvement in the fatigue strength has been achieved through the post-weld cold working process.

Resistance Spot Welding of Low Carbon Steel to Austenitic CrNi Stainless Steel

2014 ◽  
Vol 875-877 ◽  
pp. 1499-1502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ladislav Kolařík ◽  
Miroslav Sahul ◽  
Marie Kolaříková ◽  
Martin Sahul ◽  
Milan Turňa
Keyword(s):  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Carbon Steel ◽  
Weld Joint ◽  
Resistance Spot Welding ◽  
Spot Welding ◽  
Low Carbon Steel ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Spot Welds ◽  
Resistance Spot ◽  
Resistance Spot Welds

The contribution deals with resistance spot welding of low carbon steel to austenitic CrNi stainless steel. The thickness of welded dissimilar steels was 2 mm. DeltaSpot welding gun with process tape was utilized for welding of the above-mentioned combination of steels. Resistance spot welds were produced under different welding currents. The welding currents used were 7 kA, 7.5 kA and 8 kA, respectively. Optical microscopy, microhardness measurement across the weld joint and EDX analysis across the weld joint interface were used to evaluate the quality of resistance spot welds of dissimilar steels.

The Effects of Post-Weld Cold Working Processes on the Fatigue Strength of Low Carbon Steel Resistance Spot Welds

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Spitsen ◽  
D. Kim ◽  
B. Flinn ◽  
M. Ramulu ◽  
E. T. Easterbrook
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Carbon Steel ◽  
Cold Working ◽  
Low Carbon Steel ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Spot Welds ◽  
Working Process ◽  
Resistance Spot ◽  
Resistance Spot Welds ◽  
Spot Welded

The investigation on the use of a post-weld cold working process to improve fatigue strength of low carbon steel resistance spot welds is presented. The cold working process generates uniform and consistent large zones of compressive residual stresses in resistance spot-welded low carbon steel structures using a specially designed indentation device. The effect of the indentation process parameters on the mechanical properties of the resistance spot-weld was investigated. Comparisons of the mechanical properties and qualitative results between the as-resistance spot-welded specimens and the post-weld cold worked resistance spot-welded specimens have been made in this investigation. Fatigue testing was also conducted to evaluate the effect of post-weld cold working process on the fatigue characteristics of resistance spot welds. Preliminary results showed that a significant improvement in the fatigue endurance limit has been achieved through the post-weld cold working process.

Resistance Spot Welding of Unequal Thickness Low Carbon Steel Sheets

2009 ◽  
Vol 83-86 ◽  
pp. 1205-1211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Majid Pouranvari ◽  
Pirooz Marashi
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Steel ◽  
Spot Welding ◽  
Peak Load ◽  
Low Carbon Steel ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Tensile Shear ◽  
Spot Welds ◽  
Resistance Spot ◽  
Resistance Spot Welds ◽  
Dissimilar Thickness

Resistance spot welding is the dominant process for joining sheet metals in automotive industry. Even-thickness combinations are rarely used in practice; therefore, there is clearly a practical need for failure behaviour investigation of uneven-thickness resistance spot welds. The aim of this paper is to investigate and analyze the failure mode and failure mechanism of dissimilar thickness low carbon steel resistance spot welds during tensile-shear overload test. Microstructural investigations, microhardness tests and tensile-shear tests were conducted. Mechanical properties of the joint were described in terms of peak load, energy absorption and failure mode. It was concluded that weld nugget size and the strength of the thinner base metal are the controlling factors of the peak load and energy absorption of dissimilar thickness spot welds.

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