The WorldAutoSteel Steel E-Motive program has been moving along now for nearly a year, and we’d like to share an…

Modern car bodies today are made of increasing volumes of Advanced High-Strength Steels (AHSS), the superb performance of which facilitates…

Modelling resistance spot welding can help to understand the process and drive innovation by asking the right questions and giving…

This article summarizes the findings of a paper entitled, "Prediction of Spot Weld Failure in Automotive Steels,"L-48 authored by J.…

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Citation: W-38.  P. Wung, “A force-based failure criterion for spot weld design", Experimental Mechanics, 2001, Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 107-113,…

Citation: L-49. Y. Lee, T. Wehner, M. Lu, T. Morrissett, and E. Pakalnins, "Ultimate Strength of Resistance Spot Welds Subjected…

Citation: L-48.  J. H. Lim, J.W. Ha, “Prediction of Spot Weld Failure in Automotive Steels", 12th European LS-DYNA Conference, Koblenz,…

Citation: U-1.  Courtesy of T. Urabe, JFE Steel.