Resistance spot welding (RSW) is frequently employed in current industrial occasions.
However, the process is multi-field coupled and highly nonlinear, and full of uncertainties …

Contact resistance is a complicated phenomenon and resistance welding significantly
escalates its complexity. Interference of various parameters in resistance spot welding …

Resistance spot welding is an important process in the production of body-in-white. The
quality of the welded nugget affects the safety performance of the whole vehicle. Currently …

This study investigates the effect of in-situ post-weld heat treatment (PWHT) parameters on
the microstructural changes at the edge of the fusion zone (FZ) of a resistance spot weld …

In this paper, ultrasonic echo signals of four kinds of stainless steel resistance spot welds,
namely failed weld, stick weld, good weld, and defective weld with gas pore, are analyzed in …

The manufacturing industry constantly aims to improve product quality while improving
production speed and lowering production costs. Resistance spot welding (RSW) is widely …

Resistance spot welding is a process with high variability regarding the quality of the
produced joints. This means that key performance indicators (KPIs) such as geometrical and …

Acoustic emission monitoring has been successfully employed in different application areas
such as monitoring of fatigue loaded bridges and pressure testing of vessels. However …

This paper deals with the effect of electrode force on resistance spot welding process. As
one of the most important parameters during the process, the electrode force can influence …

To develop an effective nondestructive evaluation method for the welding quality of the
resistance spot welding, the electrode displacement signal during the resistance spot …