Interval model based robust control of weld joint penetration

Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 425-433

  Zhang, Y M ^a   Li, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROCESS CONTROL; WELDING;

ROBUST CONTROL ALGORITHMS; WELD JOINT PENETRATION; WELD POOL;

WELDS;

EID: 0032598282     PISSN: 10871357     EISSN: 15288935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2832698     Document Type: Article

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