Resistance spot welding method and weld member production method

A resistance spot welding method of squeezing, by a pair of electrodes, parts to be welded that are a plurality of overlapping metal sheets, and passing a current while applying an electrode force to join the parts to be welded, the resistance spot welding method comprising:

• setting an electrode force FA of main current passage after an intermediate welding time Ta so as to satisfy the following formulas (1) to (3):
• in the case of −0.1<(RA−R0)/R0≤0.1
• 0.9×F0≤FA≤1.1×F0 (1)
• in the case of (RA−R0)/R0<−0.1
• F0<FA<F0×(1−5.0×(RA−R0)/R0) (2)
• in the case of 0.1<(RA−R0)/R0
• F0×(1−5.0×(RA−R0)/R0)<FA<F0 (3)
• where
• F0 is an initial set electrode force in the main current passage,
• RA is the average value or time integration value of the resistance between the electrodes from the start of the main current passage to the intermediate welding time Ta, and
• R0 is an average value or time integration value of a resistance between the electrodes from the start of current passage to the intermediate welding time Ta that is obtained in the case where current is passed under the same conditions as the main current passage in a state of no disturbance in the parts to be welded,
• wherein the intermediate welding time Ta satisfies the following formula:
• 0.1×Tm≤Ta≤0.8×Tm
• where
• Tm is a total welding time of the main current passage, and
• wherein the resistance spot welding method comprises actual welding in which the main current passage is performed and test welding prior to the actual welding,
• in main current passage in the test welding, a time variation curve of an instantaneous amount of heat generated per unit volume and a cumulative amount of heat generated per unit volume that are calculated from an electrical property between the electrodes in forming an appropriate nugget by performing current passage by constant current control, and a time integration value of a resistance between the electrodes are stored, and
• further, in the main current passage in the actual welding, the time variation curve of the instantaneous amount of heat generated per unit volume and the cumulative amount of heat generated per unit volume in the main current passage in the test welding are set as target values, and adaptive control welding is performed to control a current passage amount according to the target values.