Effect of pressure gradient driven convection in the molten pool during the deep penetration laser welding

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 184, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 386-392

  Wang, Hong ^a,b   Shi, Yaowu ^a   Gong, Shuili ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b AVIC Manufacturing Technology Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Driving force; Keyhole; Laser welding; Modeling

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; FRICTION; HEAT CONDUCTION; IRRADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

KEYHOLE; METAL VAPOR; MODELING;

LASER BEAM WELDING;

EID: 33846826814     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2006.12.015     Document Type: Article

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