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 …

The tensile strength of newly developed ultra-high strength steel grades is now above 1800
MPa, and even new steel grades are currently in development. One typical welding process …

Abstract Damage of Advanced High Strength Steel resistance spot welds is investigated in
Cross Tension by means of coupled microtomography, metallography and fractography …

The present research investigated the effects of welding current and welding time on the
shearing strength of resistance spot-welded joints of low carbon steel and stainless steel …

The heat affected zones (HAZ) of two Dual Phase steels spot welds, DP450 and DP980,
were investigated experimentally with a Gleeble 3500 thermomechanical simulator. The …

Nowadays, environmental regulation encourages carmakers to reduce the global vehicle
weight. Steelmakers develop grades with high performance (Advanced High Strength …

Background In-situ spot weld failure analysis under complex loading conditions is
significantly restricted by the enclosed space around the weld nugget. Failure can be only …

To reduce self-weight of thin-walled structures like car bodies, the use of ultra high strength
steels (UHSS) is beneficial. Therefore, three UHSS steels with tensile strength (R m)≥ 1500 …

Several correlations from the professional literature describing the shear and cross tension
strength (STS and CTS) of resistance spot welded (RSWed) thin steel sheets were …

A methodology for measuring the fracture toughness at crack initiation and the crack
extension resistance of the molten zone of resistance spot welds under Mode I loading has …