Determination of optimal welding conditions with a controlled random search procedure

Welding Journal (Miami, Fla)

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2005, Pages

  Kim, D ^a   Kang, M ^b   Rhee, S ^c  

^a Mechatronics Center   (South Korea)

^b KITECH ^*  (South Korea)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arc Welding; Controlled Random Search; Optimization; Weld Bead Geometry; Weld Quality; Welding Process Parameter

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GAS METAL ARC WELDING; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OPTIMIZATION;

CONTACT TUBE-TO-WORK DISTANCE (CTWD); CONTROLLED RANDOM SEARCH (CRS); OPTIMAL WELDING; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY (RSM);

WELDING;

EID: 23744451110     PISSN: 00432296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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