High precision microscale bending by pulsed and CW lasers

Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 512-518

  Zhang, X Richard ^a   Xu, Xianfan ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; ELECTRONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; THERMOELASTICITY;

ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYZER (EPMA);

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS;

EID: 0042233791     PISSN: 10871357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1580528     Document Type: Article

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