Tailor welded blanks are finding increasing application in automotive structures as a powerful method to reduce weight through material minimization. As consumer demand and regulatory pressure direct the automotive industry toward improved fuel efficiency and reduced emissions, aluminum alloys are also becoming an attractive automotive structural material with their potential ability to reduce vehicle weight. The combination of aluminum and tailor welded blanks thus appears attractive as a method to further minimize vehicle weight. Two major concerns regarding the application of aluminum tailor welded blanks are the formability and durability of the weld materials. The current work experimentally and numerically investigates aluminum tailor welded blanks ductility, and experimentally investigates their fatigue resistance.


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    Title :

    Formability and Fatigue of Aluminum Tailor Welded Blanks


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:
    Oliver, Eddie (author) / Grant, Glenn (author) / Smith, Mark (author) / Davies, Rich (author)

    Conference:

    International Body Engineering Conference & Exposition ; 2000



    Publication date :

    2000-10-03




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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