Tensile fracture behavior in CO2 laser beam welds of 7075-T6 aluminum alloy

Materials and Design

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 573-577

  Liu, Cheng ^a   Northwood, D O ^a   Bhole, S D ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heat treatments (C); Mechanical (E); Welding (D)

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; COBALT COMPOUNDS; ELASTIC MODULI; HARDNESS; LASER BEAM WELDING; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SHEET METAL;

MICROSTRUCTURAL; TENSILE TESTS; WELDING SPEED;

FRACTURE;

ALUMINUM ALLOY; CARBON DIOXIDE; LASER; TENSILE STRENGTH; WELDING;

EID: 2942621961     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2004.02.017     Document Type: Article

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