Welding with high power fiber lasers - A preliminary study

Materials and Design

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1231-1237

  Quintino, L ^a   Costa, A ^a   Miranda, R ^a   Yapp, D ^b   Kumar, V ^b   Kong, C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. X100 steel; C. Fibre lasers; D. Welding

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; HIGH POWER LASERS; STEEL PIPE;

DEEP PENETRATION WELDING; WELD BEAD GEOMETRY;

LASER BEAM WELDING;

FIBER LASERS; HIGH POWER LASERS; LASER BEAM WELDING; STEEL PIPE;

EID: 33751416113     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2006.01.009     Document Type: Article

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