Intelligent methodology for sensing, modeling and control of pulsed GTAW: Part 1 - bead-on-plate welding

Welding Journal (Miami, Fla)

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 151-s

  Chen, S B ^a,b   Lou, Y J ^c   Wu, L ^c   Zhao, D B ^c  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER VISION; FUZZY CONTROL; FUZZY SETS; IMAGE SENSORS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; NEURAL NETWORKS; PROCESS CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL;

BEAD-ON-PLATE WELDING; PULSED GAS TUNGSTEN ARC WELDING;

ELECTRIC ARC WELDING;

EID: 0033726364     PISSN: 00432296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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