Laser hole drilling of composites and steel workpieces

Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 105-120

  Al Sulaiman, F A ^a   Yilbas, B S ^a   Ahsan, M ^a   Mansoor, S B ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Composite; Drilling; Efficiency; Laser; Specific energy

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DELAMINATION; DRILLING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LASER APPLICATIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

SPECIFIC ENERGY;

STEEL;

EID: 33646691011     PISSN: 08981507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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