Improved ferrite number prediction in stainless steel arc welds using artificial neural networks - Part 1: neural network development

Welding Journal (Miami, Fla)

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 33-s

  Vitek, J M ^a   Iskander, Y S ^b   Oblow, E M ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOYING ELEMENTS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK INITIATION; FERRITE; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; NEURAL NETWORKS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLIDIFICATION; STAINLESS STEEL; STEEL METALLOGRAPHY; WELDS;

CONSTITUTION DIAGRAM; FERRITE NUMBER;

ELECTRIC ARC WELDING;

EID: 0002434657     PISSN: 00432296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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