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CANADIAN METALLURGICAL QUARTERLY
Volume 51, Issue 4, Pages 447-455Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1179/1879139512Y.0000000034
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Resistance spot welding; Dual phase steel; HAZ softening; Failure mode
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This paper aims at investigating the correlation between metallurgical and mechanical characteristics of DP980 dual phase steel resistance spot welds with attention focused on the transition in failure mode from interfacial to pullout mode during the tensile shear test. It was studied whether the conventional/industrial weld size criteria can produce pullout failure modes for DP980 spot welds. Based on theoretical analysis and experimental results, there is a minimum fusion zone size which beyond that the interfacial failure mode is avoided. Results showed that by increasing welding current, pullout failure mode was promoted due to increasing the fusion zone size and encouraging martensite tempering in subcritical heat affected zone (HAZ). Fusion zone size was proved to be key factor controlling mechanical properties of DP980 welds in terms of peak load, ductility and failure energy.
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