Experimental approach to selection of pulsing parameters in pulsed GMAW

Welding Journal (Miami, Fla)

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1999, Pages

  Subramaniam, S ^a   White, D R ^a   Jones, J E ^b   Lyons, D W ^c  

^a FORD RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NA Technologies   (United States)

^c West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FEEDING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROCESS CONTROL; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WIRE;

BACKGROUND CURRENT; DROPLET PER PULSE; DROPLET TRANSFER; FRACTIONAL FACTORIAL; PEAK CURRENT; POWER SUPPLY PULSING PARAMETERS; PULSING PARAMETER;

GAS METAL ARC WELDING;

EID: 0032637835     PISSN: 00432296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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