The response surface approach to spot welding commercial aluminum sheets

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 189-202

  Darwish, S M ^a   Al Dekhial, S D ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

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EID: 3342939422     PISSN: 10426914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10426919808935235     Document Type: Article

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