Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing (비파괴검사학회지)

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Evaluation of the Weldability in Spot Welding using Ultrasonic Technique

  • Hong, Min-Sung (Division of Mechanical Engineering, Ajou University) ;
  • Kim, No-Hyu (School of Mechatronic Engineering, Korea University of Technology and Education)
  • Published : 2005.06.30
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Abstract

Spot welding is the most widely used in automotive and aerospace industries. The quality of weld depends upon the size of nugget between the overlapped steel plates. Recently, the thickness of the steel plates is much thinner and hence, it introduces the smaller size of nugget. Therefore, it is necessary not only to develop the criterion to evaluate the quality of weld but also to obtain the optimal welding conditions for the better performance. In this paper, the steel plates, 0.5 mm through 1.5 mm thickness, have been spot welded at different welding conditions and the nugget sizes are examined by ultrasonic technique (C-scan type). The relationships between the nugget sizes and the weldability have been investigated. The result of ultrasonic technique shows the good agreement with that of the tensile test.

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