Ultrasonic welding of metal to fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites: A review

Z Liu, Y Li, Z Liu, Y Yang, Y Li, Z Luo - Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 2023 - Elsevier
With the increasing application of fiber-reinforced thermoplastic (FRTP) in the industry, many
researchers are focusing on the welding of metal/FRTP hybrid structures. Ultrasonic welding …

Modeling ultrasonic welding of polymers using an optimized artificial intelligence model using a gradient-based optimizer

AH Elsheikh, M Abd Elaziz, A Vendan - Welding in the World, 2022 - Springer
In this study, a new hybrid artificial intelligence approach is proposed to model the ultrasonic
welding of a polymeric material blend. The proposed approach is composed of an ensemble …

[HTML][HTML] Thermal welding by the third phase between polymers: A review for ultrasonic weld technology developments

J Qiu, G Zhang, E Sakai, W Liu, L Zang - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ultrasonic welding (USW) is a promising method for the welds between dissimilar materials.
Ultrasonic thermal welding by the third phase (TWTP) method was proposed in combination …

Prediction and fitting of weld morphology of Al alloy-CFRP welding-rivet hybrid bonding joint based on GA-BP neural network

H Wang, Z Zhang, L Liu - Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 2021 - Elsevier
In the riveting-welding hybrid bonding of aluminum alloy and the Carbon Fiber Reinforced
Polymer (CFRP), the welding joint morphology was one of the most important factors for the …

Early event detection in a deep-learning driven quality prediction model for ultrasonic welding

B Wang, Y Li, Y Luo, X Li, T Freiheit - Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 2021 - Elsevier
A goal in ultrasonic welding (USW) process monitoring is to accurately predict quality
outcomes based on monitored signals. However, in most cases, knowing only that the USW …

[HTML][HTML] Weld quality characterization by vibration analysis for ultrasonic metal welding processes

FW Müller, C Mirz, S Weil, A Schiebahn… - Journal of Advanced …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ultrasonic metal welding is an efficient, solid-state welding process that is well established
in the production of electrical equipment. However, isolated and untraceable failures …

Quality prediction of ultrasonically welded joints using a hybrid machine learning model

PG Mongan, EP Hinchy, NP O'Dowd… - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ultrasonic metal welding has advantages over other joining technologies due to its low
energy consumption, rapid cycle time and the ease of process automation. The ultrasonic …

[HTML][HTML] Quality prediction of disturbed ultrasonic metal welds

FW Müller, A Schiebahn, U Reisgen - Journal of Advanced Joining …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Ultrasonic Metal Welding is an industrially established welding process.
Applications such as wiring harness assemblies, battery cell production and joints in power …

A global-local damage localization and quantification approach in composite structures using ultrasonic guided waves and active infrared thermography

K Balasubramaniam, S Sikdar, D Ziaja… - Smart Materials and …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The paper emphasizes an effective quantification of hidden damage in composite structures
using ultrasonic guided wave (GW) propagation-based structural health monitoring (SHM) …

Development of an artificial neural network for predicting energy absorption capability of thermoplastic commingled composites

RM Di Benedetto, EC Botelho, A Janotti, ACA Junior… - Composite …, 2021 - Elsevier
Soft computing techniques including artificial neural networks (ANN) and machine learning
reflect new possibilities to behavior prediction models of commingled composites. This study …