Effect of AlSi coating on laser spot welding of press hardened steel and process improvement with annular stirring

Laser spot welding method was employed to fabricate AlSi coated press-hardened steel (PHS) joints in overlapped configuration. Al and Si segregate at the notch root of a laser spot weld of AlSi coated PHS resulting in pre-mature cracking and weakening of the joint strength. The thickness-oriented...

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Main Authors: Nannan Chen, Zixuan Wan, Hui-Ping Wang, Jingjing Li, Joshua Solomon, Blair E. Carlson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-10-01
Series:Materials & Design
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127520305207