Advances in modeling the effects of selected parameters on the SLS process

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 90-100

  Williams, John D ^a   Deckard, Carl R ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM VELOCITY; ENERGY DELIVERY; LASER BEAM SPOTS; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING (SLS);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IRRADIATION; LASER BEAMS; MACHINE TOOLS; SINTERING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; THERMOANALYSIS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; HEAT TRANSFER; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; POLYCARBONATES; POWDERS; PROCESS ENGINEERING;

LASER APPLICATIONS; RAPID PROTOTYPING;

SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING (SLS);

EID: 0031650647     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552549810210257     Document Type: Article

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