Tailor welded blanks are sheets made from different strengths and thicknessesof steel pre-welded together before pressing and shaping into the fi nal component. By combining various steels into a welded blank, engineers are able to “tailor” the blank so that the steels’ best properties are located precisely where they are needed and cost-effective, low weight components are produced. Tailor welded blanks for advanced manufacturing examines the manufacturing of tailor welded blanks and explores their current and potential future applications. Part 1 investigates processing and quality issues in tailor welded blank manufacturing. Chapters discuss weld integrity, deformation during forming and the analytical modelling of tailor welded blanks for advanced manufacturing. Part 2 looks at the current and potential future applications of tailor welded blanks. Chapters review numerical modelling of forming tailor welded blanks oflight metals and of advanced high-strength steel and fi nally discuss the uses of tailorwelded blanks in the automotive and aerospace industries. With its distinguished editors and international team of expert contributors, Tailor welded blanks for advanced manufacturing is an invaluable resource for metal fabricators, product designers welders, welding companies, suppliers of welding machinery and anyone working in industries which use steel such as automotive and aerospace engineering. Practicing engineers and academics involved in manufacturing and metallurgy may also fi nd this book a useful reference. INDICE: Part 1 processing and quality issues: Weld integrity of tailor welded blanks; Deformation of tailor welded blanks during forming; Analytical modelling of tailor welded blanks for advanced manufacturing. Part 2 applications: Numerical modelling of the forming of tailor welded blanks; Tailor welded blanks of light metals; Advanced high-strength steel, tailor-welded blanks (AHSS-TWBs); Tailorwelded blanks for the automotive industry; Tailor-made blanks for the aerospace industry.
- ISBN: 978-1-84569-704-4
- Editorial: Woodhead
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 300
- Fecha Publicación: 01/09/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés