Woodhead Publishing Tailor Welded Blanks for Advanced Manufacturing (Series in Welding and Other Joining Technologies) (Woodhead Publishing Series in Welding and Other Joining Technologies)

Tailor welded blanks are sheets made from different strengths and thicknesses of steel pre-welded together being pressed and shaped 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 one of this book reviews processing issues in product design, production methods, weld integrity and deformation. Part two discusses applications in such areas as automotive and aerospace engineering. Key Features: 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. Contents: Part 1 Processing and modeling: Weld integrity of tailor welded blanks; Deformation of tailor welded blanks during forming; Mechanics based modelling of tailor welded blank forming; Numerical simulation modelling of tailor welded blank forming. Part 2 Applications: Light weight metal alloy tailor welded blanks; Advanced high-strength steel, tailor-welded blanks (AHSS-TWBs); Tailor-welded blanks for the automotive industry; Tailor-made blanks for the aerospace industry.