Effect of assist gas flow on the gas shielding during laser deep penetration welding

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 184, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 379-385

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

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Beijing Aeronautical Manufacturing Technology Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Assist gas; Keyhole; Laser welding; Simulation laser

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NOZZLES; PLASMAS; SHIELDING; TITANIUM;

KEYHOLES; PLASMA PLUME; SIMULATION LASER;

LASER BEAM WELDING;

EID: 33846833660     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2006.12.014     Document Type: Article

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