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TL;DR: In this paper, the failure loads of mild steel spot welds under a range of combined opening and shear loads were investigated under nearly pure opening loads, and the necking/shear failure started near the nugget in the stretching side of the base metal sheet.

TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of shear stress on the quasi-static crush behavior of aluminum honeycomb specimens under compression dominant combined loads is investigated by experiments, and a phenomenological yield criterion for specimens with different inplane orientation angles is proposed based on the experimental normal crush and shear strengths under combined loads.

TL;DR: In this article, the dynamic crush behaviors of aluminum 5052-H38 honeycomb specimens under compression dominant inclined loads are investigated by experiments and a macroscopic yield criterion as a function of the impact velocity is proposed.

TL;DR: In this article, an approximate limit load analysis for spot welds is conducted to understand the failure loads under combinations of resultant forces and resultant moments with consideration of the global equilibrium conditions only.

TL;DR: A strengthening member for an automotive vehicle comprises a twelve-cornered cross section including sides and corners creating internal angles and external angles as discussed by the authors, each internal angle ranges from about 100° to about 110° and each external angle ranges between about 105° and about 130°.