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Mechanical Properties of Aluminum Welds - Course Notes

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<strong>Mechanical</strong> <strong>Properties</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Welds</strong><br />

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Problem<br />

One <strong>of</strong> the easiest ways to get the mechanical<br />

properties <strong>of</strong> a material is from uniaxial tensile testing<br />

This is a problem for welds since the mechanical<br />

properties <strong>of</strong> welded samples from tensile testing is<br />

limited to the instability <strong>of</strong> the weakest region <strong>of</strong> the<br />

welded joint<br />

How can we measure mechanical properties<br />

<strong>of</strong> each region <strong>of</strong> the weld

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