Conveners
LME of Resistance Spot Welded Coated Steels: Moving Toward Solutions
- Jonas Staudte (ArcelorMittal Maizières)
- Kyle Daun
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Doyub Kim (Graduate Institute of Ferrous Technology, POSTECH, South Korea)22/06/2021, 11:00Thermal Joining (Spot Welding) and Liquid Metal EmbrittlementOral Presentation
The resistance spot welding is widely employed by automotive manufacturers because of its low cost and fast process. However, when the galvanized TRIP steel plates are joined by resistance spot welding, cracks are generated by liquid metal embrittlement (LME) because the substrate gets exposed to liquid zinc. These cracks deteriorate mechanical reliability of welds and limit the application of...
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Diptak Bhattacharya (Graduate Research Assistant, Advanced Steel Processing and Product Research Center (ASPPRC), Colorado School of Mines)22/06/2021, 11:20Thermal Joining (Spot Welding) and Liquid Metal EmbrittlementOral Presentation
Third generation advanced high strength steels (AHSS) were developed as automotive structural materials capable of enhancing vehicle fuel efficiency and crashworthiness. The use of zinc (Zn) coated AHSS is limited by Zn-assisted liquid metal embrittlement (LME) that leads to surface cracking during high temperature processing. It has been reported that AHSSs are generally more sensitive to...
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