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The rear axles of city and compact cars in the B and C segments now commonly use so-called deformable or semi-deformable crossmembers, which help to reduce the cost and size of the axle . These sleepers have the advantage of integrating numerous functions in a single component: guidance, anti-rollover, filtering, etc. (figure 1 ).
On the other hand, the manufacture of these deformable sleepers requires the often complex assembly of numerous parts using the MAG (Metal Active Gas) welding process.
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Methodology for numerical simulation of the MAG welding process
Bibliography
Software tools
JMatPro: software for calculating properties (thermal, metallurgical, mechanical...) of steels, cast irons, aluminum alloys, titanium... Website of the publisher, Sente Software http://www.sentesoftware.co.uk/jmatpro.aspx
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http://hts.asminternational.org ASM International/Heat Treating Society website, with books, articles and information on heat treatment, steels and welding.
http://pastel.paristech.org/ Virtual library of theses defended at the Grandes Ecoles in Paris....
Events
SNS (Simulation Numérique du Soudage) conference, organized annually by the AFM (Association Française de Mécanique): information on http://www.afm.asso.fr then on "Presentation of the AFM", "Working groups", "Numerical simulation of welding", or directly on the following link:
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