Numerical analysis of temperature field during double-sided arc welding of thick materials

Computational Materials Science

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 457-468

  Wu, C S ^a   Sun, J S ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA WELDING; RESIDUAL STRESSES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

DOUBLE-SIDED ARC WELDINGS (DSAW);

ELECTRIC ARC WELDING;

EID: 0036828182     PISSN: 09270256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-0256(02)00323-3     Document Type: Article

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