Low power laser heat treatment to improve fatigue life of low carbon steel

Journal of Laser Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 89-93

  Fly, David E ^a   Black, J T ^b   Singleton, Ben ^c  

^a Troxel Company   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Alabama Indust Devmt and Training   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser heat treatment; Laser materials processing; Low carbon steel

Indexed keywords

CARBON STEEL; CUTTING TOOLS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; HARDENING; LASER DIAGNOSTICS; QUENCHING; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STEEL HEAT TREATMENT; SURFACE TREATMENT;

LASER CUTTING MACHINE TOOL; LASER MATERIALS PROCESSING; LOW POWER LASER HEAT TREATMENT;

LASER BEAM CUTTING;

EID: 0030121361     PISSN: 1042346X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2351/1.4745408     Document Type: Article

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