Effect of Combined Use of Brazing or Soldering around the Nugget on Tensile Shear Strength of Resistance Spot Welded Lap Joint

Resistance spot welding is used in the assembly of automobile bodies. The use of high tensile strength steel plates in automobile bodies is expanding, and there is a need to develop a welding process that improves the joint strength per resistance spot weld point. To improve the joint strength per resistance spot weld, resistance spot welding can be combined with other joining methods, such as the WeldBond method. As an additional joining method around the nugget, other than using adhesives as in the WeldBond method, brazing can be used to obtain a strong joint without melting the base metal. In this paper, it was proposed that the joint strength can be enhanced by using resistance spot welding and brazing or soldering based on the rule of mixture. And, based on this concept, effect of additional joint around a nugget, such as brazing or soldering, on rotational deformation of joint part and tensile shear strength of resistance spot welded lap joint was examined.