The laser welding of thin metal sheets: An integrated keyhole and weld pool model with supporting experiments

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 1994, Pages 1619-1627

  Ducharme, Robert ^a   Williams, Karen ^b   Kapadia, Phiroze ^a   Dowden, John ^a   Steen, Bill ^c   Glowack, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREMSSTRAHLUNG ABSORPTION; LASER GENERATED KEYHOLE; LASER MATERIAL PROCESSING; MELT POOL; THIN METAL SHEETS; TRAVERSE SPEED;

ABSORPTION; CALCULATIONS; CALORIMETRY; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER BEAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMAS; SHEET METAL; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; WELDS;

LASER BEAM WELDING;

EID: 0028484149     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/27/8/006     Document Type: Article

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