Welding and Joining

This SAE Special Publication, Welding & Joining (SP-1766), contains papers presented in three technical sessions on new developments and technologies in welding and joining that were held at the SAE 2003 World Congress, March 3-6, Cobo Center, Detroit, Michigan, USA. Contents: Innovations in Laser Welding of Thermoplastics: This Advanced Technology is Ready to be Commercialized; Methodology for Testing of Spot-Welded Steel Connections Under Static and Impact Loadings; Quasi-Static and Impact Strength of Fatigue Damaged Spot Welds; A General Failure Criterion for Spot Welds with Consideration of Plastic Anisotropy and Separation Speed; An Investigation of Spot-Welded Steel Connections Using a DOE Approach; Spot-Weld Joint Stiffness Degradation Under High Mileage: Probabilistic Analysis; Fatigue Damage and Dynamic Natural Frequency Response of Spot-Welded Joints; An Effective Fatigue Driving Stress for Failure Prediction of Spot Welds Under Cyclic Combined Loading Conditions; Fatigue Crack Initiation in Threaded Fasteners Using the Critical Plane Approach; Fatigue Testing for Spot Welds u Problems, Solutions and New Development; A Strain Gauge Method for Spot Weld Testing; Design and Implementation of Software for Resistance Welding Process Simulations; Development of the Ferritic Stainless Steel Welding Wire Providing Fine Grain Microstructure Weld Metal for the Components of Automotive Exhaust System; Nondestructive Evaluation of Spot Welds Using Acoustic and Thermographic Imaging Techniques.