Surface depression and ablation for a weld pool in material processing: A mathematical model

Journal of Laser Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 63-67

  Solana, Pablo ^a   Kapadia, Phiroze ^a   Dowden, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ablation; Laser welding; Surface depression

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039176324     PISSN: 1042346X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2351/1.521915     Document Type: Article

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