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More high strength steel (HSS) sheets are being applied in the automobile industry to improve safety and fuel efficiency. When HSS is spot welded, the strength of the welded-joint is usually determined by the attributes of the weld nugget. However, it is difficult to obtain the circular nugget and to establish the relationship between the weld attributes and welding quality because of a large number of variables and experimental uncertainty. In the paper, the numerical analysis model of tensile-shear strength test for HSS spot welds was established. And the critical ellipticity of the elliptical spot weld was determined through finite element analysis. Quantitative relationship between elliptical weld attributes and weld strength was investigated statistically using the Latin hypercube and regression analysis method. The sheet thickness, nugget ellipticity, hardness radio and yield strength have the most influential attributes in affecting welding quality. The research results can be used as a guideline for HSS resistance spot welding design.
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Foundation item: the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 50575140)
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Yang, Hg., Zhang, Ys., Lai, Xm. et al. Relationship between quality and attributes of elliptical spot welds of high strength steel. J. Shanghai Jiaotong Univ. (Sci.) 13, 734–738 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12204-008-0734-z
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