Numerical simulation of the laser welding process in butt-joint specimens

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-69

  Tsirkas, S A ^a   Papanikos, P ^b   Kermanidis, Th ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b Institute of Structures and Advanced Materials (ISTRAM)   (Greece)

Author keywords

Butt joint; Distortions; Finite element method; Laser welding; Metallurgical transformations; SYSWELD code; Thermo mechanical analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT;

METALLURGICAL TRANSFORMATION;

LASER BEAM WELDING;

EID: 0037362397     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-0136(02)00921-4     Document Type: Article

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