Parametric studies of cutting zircaloy-2 sheets with a laser beam

Journal of Laser Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 143-148

  Ghosh, Swati ^a   Badgujar, B P ^a   Goswami, G L ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Laser beam cutting reactive material; Pulsed Nd:YAG laser; Zircaloy 2; Zirconium alloy cutting

Indexed keywords

HARDNESS; HEAT AFFECTED ZONE; LASER PULSES; PRESSURE; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SHEET METAL; SPEED; SURFACES; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCONIUM METALLOGRAPHY;

CUTTING SPEED; GAS PRESSURE; LASER BEAM CUTTING REACTIVE MATERIALS; NOZZLE GAP; PULSE ENERGY; PULSE REPETITION RATE; ZIRCONIUM ALLOY CUTTING;

LASER BEAM CUTTING;

EID: 0030173242     PISSN: 1042346X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2351/1.4745415     Document Type: Article

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