Shielding gas and heat transfer effeciency in plasma arc welding: Shielding gas flow rate is shown to have an appreciable effect on the size of the weld and the HAZ

Welding Journal (Miami, Fla)

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 305-s

  Hou, R ^a   Evans, D M ^a   McClure, J C ^a   Nunes, A C ^b   Garcia, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Al 6016; HAZ; Heat Transfer; Melt Efficiency; Plasma Arc Welding; Shielding Gas; Undercutting; VPPA

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000928762     PISSN: 00432296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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