Current issues and problems in laser welding of automotive aluminum alloys

International Materials Reviews

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 238-266

  Zhao, H ^a   White, D R ^b   Debroy, T ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORD RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FUEL ECONOMY; HEAT TRANSFER; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; LASER BEAM WELDING; VAPORIZATION;

AUTOMOTIVE ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0033317287     PISSN: 09506608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/095066099101528298     Document Type: Article

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