Strength and fatigue resistance of laser-mig hybrid butt welds of an airframe aluminium alloy AA6013

Welding in the World

Volumn 50, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 88-97

  Vaidya, W V ^a   Angamuthu, K ^a   Kocak M ^a   Grube, R ^b   Hackius, J ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b BIAS   (Germany)

^c AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerospace; Aircraft; Aluminium alloys; Arc welding; Butt joints; Combined processes; Crack initiation; Crack propagation; Gas shielded arc welding; GMA welding; Laser welding; Light metals; MIG welding; Photon beam welding; Radiation welding

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; BUTT WELDING; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; ELECTRIC ARC WELDING; LASER BEAM WELDING; LIGHT METALS;

COMBINED PROCESSES; GAS SHIELDED ARC WELDING; GMA WELDING; PHOTON BEAM WELDING; RADIATION WELDING;

AIRCRAFT MATERIALS;

EID: 33751182606     PISSN: 00432288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03263465     Document Type: Conference Paper

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