Laser spot welding and efficiency consideration

Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 766-770

  Yilbas, B S ^a   Kar, A K ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Efficiency analysis; Laser spot welding

Indexed keywords

HEAT AFFECTED ZONE; HEAT TRANSFER; LASER BEAM WELDING; OPTIMIZATION; TENSILE TESTING; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

THERMAL EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS;

SPOT WELDING;

EID: 0031343937     PISSN: 10599495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11665-997-0079-z     Document Type: Article

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