• Journal of Welding and Joining
• /
• 제28권2호
• /
• pp.66-73
• /
• 2010

Conventional fracture test of resistance spot weld had been performed without consideration of paint baking process in automobile manufacturing line. This study was aim to investigate the effect of paint baking on fracture mode and load carrying capacity in fracture test for resistance spot welded 780TRIP steels. With paint baking cycle after resistance spot welds, peel tests and microhardness were conducted on the as-welded and baked samples. Resistance spot welds in AHSS (Advanced High Strength Steels) are prone to display partial interfacial fractures during fracture test or vehicle crash. Baking cycle increased the load-carrying capacity of the resistance spot welded samples and improved the fracture appearance from partial to full button fracture for the L-type peel tests. Specially, the differences in fracture appearance are apparent when the nugget size of spot welds is small enough to produce the partial interfacial fracture. The comparison of macrohardness and microstructure between as-welded and baked samples showed that there are no large difference in change the fracture mode. However, the results of the instrumented indentation test suggested that fusion zone and HAZ of baked sample have less tensile and yield strength and proves that the tempering effects are applied and enhanced the resistance to fracture on welds with application of baking cycle.

• 대한금속재료학회지
• /
• 제50권2호
• /
• pp.136-145
• /
• 2012

Resistance spot welding of TRIP780 steels was investigated to enhance understanding of weld fracture mode after tensile shear testing (TST) and L-shape tensile testing (LTT). The main failure mode for spot welds of TRIP780 steels was partial interfacial fracture (PIF). Although PIF does not satisfy the minimum button diameter (4${\surd}$t) for acceptable welds, it shows enough load carrying capacity of resistance spot welds for advanced high strength steels. In the analysis of displacement controlled L-shape tensile test results, cracks initiated at the notch of the faying surface and propagated through the interface of weldments, and finally, cracks change path into the sheet thickness direction. Use of the ductility ratio and CE analysis suggested that the occurrence of PIF is closely related to high hardness and brittle welds, which are caused by fast cooling rates and high chemical compositions of TRIP steels. Analysis of the hold time and weld time in a welding schedule demonstrated that careful control of the cooling rate and the size of a weld nugget and the HAZ zone can reduce the occurrence of PIF, which leads to sound welds with button fractures (BFs).

• 디지털융복합연구
• /
• 제17권5호
• /
• pp.217-223
• /
• 2019

자동차 분야에서 저항 점용접의 결함 및 품질을 실시간으로 예측할 수 있는 연구는 원가절감과 고품질 생산을 위한 필수 불가결한 연구 분야라 할 수 있다. 용접 품질은 전단강도와 너깃의 크기에 의해서 결정되며 여러 가지 독립변수에 따라 결과가 달라진다. 실시간 예측시스템을 개발하기 위하여 다중 회귀분석을 실시하여 3개의 독립변수로 두 가지 종속변수를 충분한 통계적 결과로 구하였으나 회귀식에 의한 품질 예측은 정확도를 보장할 수 없었다. 본 연구에서는 다층 신경망 회로를 구축하였다. 10가지의 동저항 변수에 의한 신경망은 3개의 은닉층을 구축하여 실행 함수와 가중치 행렬을 구하였다. 그러나 이 경우, 입력 변수가 너무 많아 실시간 제어에 어려움이 있을 수 있으므로 회귀분석에 의한 3개의 독립변수로 신경망을 구축하였다. 그 결과 모든 시험데이터를 불량, 부분 불량, 양품으로 구분하는데 성공하였다. 따라서 다중 회귀분석에 의해서 구한 3개의 독립변수에 의한 실시간 용접 품질 판정 시스템을 완성할 수 있었다.

• 한국기계가공학회지
• /
• 제20권12호
• /
• pp.24-29
• /
• 2021

Recently, owing to the high demand for eco-friendly cars in the automotive industry, noise and vibrations have become major challenges. The use of laminated damping steel is increasing in response to these demands. Laminated damping steel is primarily used in sound insulation plates. The vibration energy is converted into thermal energy due to the viscoelastic resin being located between two steel sheets and being able to damp the vibrations when an external force, such as, noise or vibration is applied to the steel plate. Laminated damping steel is chiefly applied to dash panels in automotive body parts, and because of its structure, junction technology for bonding with other components is necessary. However, there has not been sufficient research conducted on junctions. In this study, regardless of the electrode shape, in the range of 4.0 ~ 8.0 kA welding current, the same welding force and welding time were applied which were 2.8 kN and 200 m/s (12 cycles) and the tensile shear load and nugget size were analyzed after the resistance spot welding between different materials of laminated damping steel with a thickness of 1.035 mm. The results show that in the range of 5 ~ 8 kA welding current, 1.035 mm laminated damping steel meets the MS181-15 standard, which is the technical standard of Hyundai-Kia Motors.