Tailor Welded Blanks For Advanced Manufacturing

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Tailor welded blanks are sheets made from different strengths and thicknesses of steel pre-welded together before pressing and shaping into the final component. They produce high-quality components with the right grade and thickness of steel where they are most needed, providing significant savings in weight and processing costs in such industries as automotive engineering. Part 1 of this book reviews processing issues such as product design, production methods, weld integrity and deformation. Part 2 discusses applications in such areas as automotive and aerospace engineering.

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Tailor welded blanks for advanced manufacturing © Woodhead Publishing Limited, 2011 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 40 1 2 43X Related titles: Materials, design and manufacturing for lightweight vehicles (ISBN 978-1-84569-463-0) Research programs into the manufacture of lightweight automobiles have led to the consideration of a variety of materials, such as high strength steels, aluminium alloys, magnesium alloys, plastics and composites. This research is driven by a need to reduce fuel consumption to preserve dwindling hydrocarbon resources without compromising other attributes such as safety, performance, recyclability and cost. This important book enables engineers to not only learn about the materials being considered for lightweight automobiles, but also to compare their characteristics and properties. It also covers issues such as crashworthiness and recycling. Welding and joining of magnesium alloys (ISBN 978-1-84569-692-4) This book covers all aspects of the welding and joining of magnesium alloys. The use of magnesium and its alloys is increasing due to their light weight and other properties. Part I covers welding metallurgy, preparation methods and welding materials as well as corrosion protection. Part II covers the various welding and other technologies that can be used for joining magnesium alloys. Minimization of welding distortion and buckling (ISBN 978-1-84569-662-7) Weld distortion and buckling is caused by expansion and contraction of the weld and base metal during the heating and cooling cycle of the welding process. This book reviews ways of understanding and modelling welding residual stress and distortion. It also discusses a range of techniques for minimizing bowing, buckling and angular distortion. Details of these and other Woodhead Publishing materials books can be obtained by: • • visiting our web site at www.woodheadpublishing.com contacting Customer Services (e-mail: [email protected]; fax: +44 (0) 1223 832819; tel.: +44 (0) 1223 499140 ext. 130; address: Woodhead Publishing Limited, 80 High Street, Sawston, Cambridge CB22 3HJ, UK) If you would like to receive information on forthcoming titles, please send your address details to: Francis Dodds (address, tel. and fax as above; e-mail: francis. [email protected]). Please confirm which subject areas you are interested in. © Woodhead Publishing Limited, 2011 Tailor welded blanks for advanced manufacturing Edited by Brad L. Kinsey and Xin Wu © Woodhead Publishing Limited, 2011 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 40 1 2 43X 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 40 1 2 43X Published by Woodhead Publishing Limited, 80 High Street, Sawston, Cambridge CB22 3HJ, UK www.woodheadpublishing.com Woodhead Publishing, 1518 Walnut Street, Suite 1100, Philadelphia, PA 191