ISSN:
1013-9826
Source:
Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
The welding quality of spot weldment is an important factor that significantly affects thestrength, stiffness, safety, and other performance characteristics of vehicles. Therefore, qualitycontrol and fatigue life evaluation of spot weldment are necessary processes. This paper presents amethod for determining the fatigue life of multi-lap spot weldment of a high strength steel sheet. Inthis method, the fatigue life is estimated by using the lethargy coefficient, which is the total defectcoefficient according to rupture stress and time obtained by the quasi static tensile-shear test. Also,in this study, we modified the lethargy coefficient by using the welding current. And, we define aspecific lapping constant, which is a characteristic constant of 2 or 3 lap weldments. The fatigue lifeobtained by the fatigue estimate equation, which contains a specific lapping constant was comparedand verified with an experimental value. And we analyzed the relation of lap number, weldingcurrent and fatigue life. This method can save processing time and cost for predicting the life cycleof a structure
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://www.tib-hannover.de/fulltexts/2011/0528/01/54/transtech_doi~10.4028%252Fwww.scientific.net%252FKEM.345-346.251.pdf
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