Static and fatigue strength of laser welded lap joints

Yosetsu Gakkai Ronbunshu/Quarterly Journal of the Japan Welding Society

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 586-591

  Ono, Moriaki ^a   Kabasawa, Makoto ^a   Ohmura, Masanori ^a  

^a JFE STEEL CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fatigue strength; Laser welded lap joint; Laser welding; Stress intensity factor; Tensile shear strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000740251     PISSN: 02884771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2207/qjjws.14.586     Document Type: Article

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