Influence of microsupersonic gas jets on nanosecond laser percussion drilling

Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 709-718

  Khan, A H ^a   Celotto, S ^a   Tunna, L ^a   O'Neill, W ^a   Sutcliffe, C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drilling; Laser; Percussion; Stainless steel; Supersonic

Indexed keywords

GAS DYNAMIC LASERS; LASER BEAMS; NOZZLES; STAINLESS STEEL; SUPERSONIC FLOW;

DRILLING RATES; HOLE CHARACTERISTICS; LASER PERCUSSION DRILLING; SUPERSONIC GAS JETS;

JET DRILLING;

EID: 33947172465     PISSN: 01438166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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