• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.179-185
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• 2008

The purpose of this paper is to propose a systematic method on the weld pitch design of a vehicle sub-frame considering the fatigue life of spot welding points. The input data, which perform the fatigue analysis on the spot welding nuggets, are obtained by both the dynamic analysis of the multi-body vehicle model passing through the virtual proving ground of a typical Belgian road and the quasi-static analysis with the finite element model of the vehicle sub-frame. By utilizing the life cycle data obtained from the fatigue analysis, the welding points to perform the pitch change are determined. The sensitivity analysis on the fatigue life of the welding points is carried out by using the three-level orthogonal array design, and through the results of the sensitivity analysis, the best combination on the welding pitch is determined. This study shows that as compared with the baseline design, the sub-frame redesigned by the proposed technique improves the fatigue life about 7 percent while reducing the number of welding points about 19 percent.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.27-33
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• 1997

Spot welding has been used in the sheet metal jointing processes because of its high productivity and convenience. In this study, effects of welding conditions on the fatigue life and prediction methods of fatigue life of spot welded joint have been studded . Fatigue life was estimated by stress index parameter considering multiaxial stresses. Fatigue tests were conducted with the tensile-shear specimens using SPCC. Fatigue life of spot welded joint was influenced by welding currents and was predicted exactly with taking into account StageIII.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers Conference
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• 1997.04a
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• pp.137-142
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• 1997

Spot welding has been used in the sheet metal joining processes because of its high productivity and convenience. In this study effects of welding conditions on the fatigue life and predicting methods of fatigue life of spot welded joint have been studied. Fatigue life was estimated by stress index parameter considering multiaxial stresses. Fatigue tests were conducted with the tensile-shear specimens using SPCC. Fatigue life of spot welded joint was influenced by welding currents and was predicted exactly with taking into account Stage III.

• Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.269-271
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• 2003

A simplified analysis method is proposed in this paper, through which the deformation due to spot welding is obtained. In order to analyze the spot welding process, the finite elements are axisymmetrically modeled, and the results from them are used for analyzing the deformation of spot welded structure. It takes more little time in this simplified analysis than the analysis by 3-D continuum elements, and this analysis produces the results that nearly agree with the measured data.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.12-19
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• 1996

Spot 용접의 역사는 1877년에 E. Thomson이 발명한 것이지만 1886년 처음으로 저항 용접기의 특허를 취득할 때까지는 거의 실용화 되지 못하였다. 그 후 Thomson의 전기 용접기 회사가 저항 용접의 특허를 거의 독점한 관계로 커다란 발전없이 spot 용접에 관한 특허 분쟁이 해소된 1920년 이후 보급되기 시작하여 1935년경 부터 증가 하였다. 초기에는 주로 맞대기 용접에 이용되고 전선의 접합이나 크게는 rail의 용접 에까지 이르렀다. 금세기에 들어와서부터 spot 용접이나 seam 용접이 실용화되고 관련 용접 장치도 개발되었다. Spot 용접은 자동차 공업과 더불어 크게 발전하였으며 오늘 날에는 spot 용접 생산의 약 2/3를 자동차 공업이 점유하고 있다. Spot 용접은 고온 압접의 일종으로 각종 압접 방법중에서 가장 많이 사용되고 있는 것이다. 접합하고저 하는 부분에 직접 고전류를 통하고 그 전류에 의한 저항 발열로 용접부의 온도를 상승 시켜 용접하는 것으로서 극히 짧은 시간에 용접이 가능하고 고속, 고능률이므로 특히 다량 생산에 적합하다.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.91-95
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• 2010

Stress distribution and deformation on the CT-type(Cross Tension type) spot welded lap joint subjected to out of plane tensile load were investigated by finite element method. Using the maximum principal stresses at the nugget edge obtained by FEM analysis, evaluated the fatigue strength of the CT-type spot welded lap joints having various dimensions and materials. and also, the influence of the geometrical parameters of CT-type spot welded lap joints on stress distribution and fatigue strength must be evaluated. thus, in this paper, ${\Delta}P-N_f$ curve were obtained by fatigue tests. Using these results, ${\Delta}P-N_f$ curve were systematically rearranged in the $\Delta\sigma-N_f$ relation with the hot spot stresses at the CT-type spot welded lab joints. It was found that the proposed $\Delta\sigma-N_f$ relation could provide a more reasonable fatigue design criterion for the CT-type spot welded lap joints.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2001.04a
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• pp.320-323
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• 2001

Nowadays, computer network has been rapidly developed. And we have made efforts to use it in wide field. So we can exchange data without spacial restriction using internet. If we develop monitoring system using internet, we have the effect of reducing time and space. Therefore, in this paper, we developed TCP/IP network and client/server system. And We applied them to resistance spot welding quality monitoring system.

• Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.155-157
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• 2007

The Friction spot dissimilar welding of galvanized steel/Al6061-T6 was performed to investigate the mechanical characteristics of the joints. The presence of thin film of aluminum oxide on the surface and melting of zinc in the coating, made substandard joint characteristics for dissimilar Friction spot joining(FSJ) performed with out removing the coating. Where as, for dissimilar FSJ of galvanized steel/Al6061-T6 after removing the coating, superior agitation and welding quality has been obtained for a configuration of galvanized steel as the upper plate and Al6061-T6 as lower plate. The results from tensile tests and microscopic examination for various combinations of the welding parameters have been presented.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.345-355
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• 2015

In this study, the effects of weld parameters on nugget size and tensile-shear strength of welding joint in electrical resistance spot welding of galvanized DP 600 steel sheets having 1.2 mm were investigated. Taguchi design method has been employed to examine the effects of five parameters of welding current, electrode pressure, welding time, clamping time and holding time by using the $L_{27}(5^3)$ orthogonal array. Results showed that the most effective parameters on tensile shear strength and the nugget size ratio (hn/dn) were found as welding current and welding time, whereas electrode pressure, clamping time and holding time were less effective factors. Max. 545 MPa strength was obtained through proposed optimum conditions by Taguchi technique.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2009.05b
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• pp.559-564
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• 2009

Aluminum extrude is increasing to vehicle body manufacture of a recent railroad vehicle. Conventional welding of this aluminum extrude has been used MIG welding or resistance spot welding mainly. But the advanced manufactures like Japan's tried to apply the friction stir welding and friction spot joining at railroad vehicle body manufacture process. Therefore in this paper we tried to study to apply friction stir welding to AL 6005-T6 extrude which has been manufactured the railroad vehicle mainly. In this study we investigated first the mechanisms to affect the welding strength in friction stir welding. After we made the 3 tools of different shape, we observed how the welding strength changed while changing the welding time and the rotation speed, the plunging depth.