Synopses & Reviews
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.
Synopsis
Tailor welded blanks are metallic sheets made from different strengths, materials, and/or thicknesses pre-welded together before forming into the final component geometry. By combining various sheets into a welded blank, engineers are able to 'tailor' the blank so that the 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 one investigates processing and modelling issues in tailor welded blank manufacturing. Chapters discuss weld integrity, deformation during forming and the analytical and numerical simulation modelling of tailor welded blanks for advanced manufacturing. Part two looks at the current and potential future applications of tailor welded blanks. Chapters review tailor welded blanks of lightweight metals and of advanced high-strength steel and finally discuss the uses of tailor-welded blanks in the automotive and aerospace industries.
With its distinguished editors and international team of expert contributors, Tailor welded blanks for advanced manufacturing proves an invaluable resource for metal fabricators, product designers, welders, welding companies, suppliers of welding machinery and anyone working in industries that use advanced materials such as in automotive and aerospace engineering. Engineers and academics involved in manufacturing and metallurgy may also find this book a useful reference.
- Examines the manufacturing of tailor welded blanks and explores their current and potential future applications
- Investigates processing and quality issues in tailor welded blank manufacturing including weld integrity and deformation
- Reviews both current and potential future applications of tailor welded blanks as well as specific applications in the automotive and aerospace industries
About the Author
Professor Brad. L. Kinsey is Associate Professor ion the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of New hampshire, USA.
Professor Xin Wu is Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Wayne State University, USA. Both editors are widely regarded for their research expertise in sheet metal and tailor welded blank forming, behavior, processing and manufacturing.
Table of Contents
Part 1 Processing and quality issues: Product design; Production methods; Weld integrity; Deformation of tailor welded blanks during forming; Modelling of the forming process.
Part 2 Applications:
Tailor welded blanks of light metals; Advanced high-strength steel tailor welded blanks; Tailor welded blanks for the automotive industry; Tailor welded blanks for the aerospace industry.