Mechanical behavior and forming characteristics of tailor-welded blanks of structural materials: a review

M Krishnamraju, PV Reddy, B Appalanaidu… - … Experiments and Design, 2024 - Springer
The automotive industry is a prominent user of tailor-welded blanks (TWBs) for sheet metal
components, as they offer numerous advantages such as weight reduction, cost savings …

Optimization of fiber laser welding of DP980 steels using RSM to improve weld properties for formability

K Bandyopadhyay, SK Panda, P Saha - Journal of Materials Engineering …, 2016 - Springer
The effect of laser parameters on weld quality is a critical laboratory study before
implementation of newly developed high-strength dual-phase steels in fabrication of auto …

The effect of weld design on the formability of laser tailor welded blanks

J Li - 2010 - uwspace.uwaterloo.ca
Tailor welded blanks (TWBs) are used in the automotive industries as a method to meet
economic, environmental and governmental demands. Conventionally, TWBs incorporated …

Method of laser welding TWIP steel to low carbon steel

DJ Sakkinen, O Zekavica, A Kestian - US Patent 9,597,988, 2017 - Google Patents
2012-08-03 Assigned to JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY reassignment
JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS …

Effect of Laser Welding and Stretch Forming on the Corrosion Performance of Hot-Dip Galvanized Steel

KYJ Su - 2008 - uwspace.uwaterloo.ca
The use of laser welding in the automotive industry in the past few decades has facilitated
joining of hot-dip galvanized (HDG) steel sheets at high production rates and low cost. The …

Analysis of microstructural changes in fiber laser welded galvanized DP980 and HSLA steels

J Zhang - 2014 - mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca
The rapid thermal cycle involved in fiber laser welding (FLW) generates welds with narrow
heat affected zones (HAZs) that contain large microstructural gradients, which make it very …

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J Li - 2010 - uwspace.uwaterloo.ca
Tailor welded blanks (TWBs) are used in the automotive industries as a method to meet
economic, environmental and governmental demands. TWBs are welded blanks that consist …