Sintering of commercially pure titanium powder with a Nd:YAG laser source

Acta Materialia

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1651-1662

  Fischer, P ^a   Romano, V ^a   Weber, H P ^a   Karapatis, N P ^b   Boillat, E ^b   Glardon, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Metals; Numerical simulation; Pulsed Nd:YAG laser; Sintering

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; NEODYMIUM LASERS; SINTERING; THERMAL EFFECTS; TITANIUM;

ENERGY COUPLING MECHANISMS;

POWDERS;

EID: 0037414335     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-6454(02)00567-0     Document Type: Article

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