Critical review of automotive steels spot welding: process, structure and properties

M Pouranvari, SPH Marashi - Science and Technology of welding …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Spot welding, particularly resistance spot welding (RSW), is a critical joining process in
automotive industry. The development of advanced high strength steels for applications in …

A review of advances in resistance spot welding of automotive sheet steels: emerging methods to improve joint mechanical performance

IA Soomro, SR Pedapati, M Awang - The International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
The use of resistance spot welding (RSW) in the automotive industry is by far the most
preferred and widely used joining technique for sheet metal parts and is likely to continue for …

Microstructural characterisation of double pulse resistance spot welded advanced high strength steel

P Eftekharimilani, EM Van Der Aa… - … and Technology of …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
The effects of single and double pulse resistance spot welding on the microstructures of an
advanced high strength automotive steel are presented in this work. The double pulse …

A review of electrical contact resistance modeling in resistance spot welding

M Hamedi, M Atashparva - Welding in the World, 2017 - Springer
Contact resistance is a complicated phenomenon and resistance welding significantly
escalates its complexity. Interference of various parameters in resistance spot welding …

Similar and dissimilar resistance spot welding of advanced high strength steels: welding and heat treatment procedures, structure and mechanical properties

ST Wei, D Lv, RD Liu, L Lin, RJ Xu… - … and Technology of …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Similar and dissimilar combinations of a 1000 MPa galvanised dual phase (DP) steel and a
980 MPa transformation induced plasticity (TRIP) steel were resistance spot welded under …

In situ postweld heat treatment of transformation induced plasticity steel resistance spot welds

S Sajjadi-Nikoo, M Pouranvari, A Abedi… - … and Technology of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Transformation-induced plasticity (TRIP) steel resistance spot welds are delicate to low-
energy interfacial failure via crack propagation through martensitic fusion zone during cross …

Optimization of post-weld tempering parameters for HSLA 420 steel in resistance spot welding process

D Zhao, N Vdonin, L Radionova, L Glebov… - The International Journal …, 2022 - Springer
Due to the brittle martensite structure in the fusion zone (FZ), the resistance spot welded
specimens of high-strength low alloy (HSLA) steels are likely to have low fracture toughness …

Experimental investigation with optimization of spot welding parameters on stainless steel AISI 304

H Lebbal, M Chaib, A Slimane, D Ait Kaci, N Boualem - JOM, 2023 - Springer
Opposition spot welding is a welding technique utilizing the standard of non-fusible terminal
obstruction welding, where the temperature increases to obtain the dissolving point of the …

Effects of preheating and slow cooling stages in small-scale resistance spot welding of the Ti-2Al-1Mn alloy

S Butsykin, M Slobodyan, I Strelkova… - … International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
The aim of the study was to improve the stability of the quality of joints of two Ti-2% Al-1%
Mn alloy plates with a thickness of 0.5 mm, obtained by resistance spot welding. The …

Interlayers in resistance spot-welded lap joints: A critical review

T Das, J Paul - Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis, 2021 - Springer
This paper presents a review of various interlayers employed to enhance the properties of
similar and dissimilar materials welded by resistance spot welding (RSW). The commonly …