Expulsion and its influence on weld quality

Welding Journal (Miami, Fla)

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 373-s

  Zhang, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; GRAPH THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; STEEL; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; WELDING ELECTRODES; WELDS;

EXPULSION;

SPOT WELDING;

EID: 0033221323     PISSN: 00432296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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