An experimental study to determine electrical contact resistance

Christophe Pradille (1) , François Bay (1) , Katia Mocellin (1)

1 CEMEF - Centre de Mise en Forme des Matériaux

Electrical contact resistance is of critical importance in resistance welding and depends on pressure, temperature, surface condition and steel grade. In this paper we present the experimental investigations on the contact electrical resistance with two distinct techniques for different pressures and temperatures and on different types of contacts (electrode-metallic sheet or metallic sheet metallic sheet).

Mots clés: electrical contact resistance; resistance welding; contact electrical resistance; electrode-metallic sheet

Domaines: Matériaux

Christophe Pradille, François Bay, Katia Mocellin. An experimental study to determine electrical contact resistance. 2010 Proceedings of the 56th IEEE Holm Conference on Electrical Contacts (HOLM), Oct 2010, Charleston, United States. 5 p., ⟨10.1109/HOLM.2010.5619522⟩. ⟨hal-00570602⟩