Research Article

Influence of Tensile Speeds on the Failure Loads of the DP590 Spot Weld under Various Combined Loading Conditions

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Design of specimen to impose the constant ratio of axial and shear loads on the spot weld during tests: schematic description of a specimen with a guide plate; (b) loading path acting on the spot weld at various loading angles (FEM results).
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