Laser forming of plates using two sequent scans of different intervals

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 220, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 507-511

  Shen, H ^a   Shi, Y ^a   Yao, Z ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Laser forming; Multi pass; Scan interval

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LASER APPLICATIONS; METAL FORMING; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

LASER FORMING; METAL PLATES; SCAN INTERVALS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LASER APPLICATIONS; METAL FORMING; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); THERMAL EFFECTS;

EID: 33845683917     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544062JMES213     Document Type: Article

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