A novel approach to fabricate uni-directional and branching slender structures using laser-based direct metal deposition

International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture

Volumn 47, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 1246-1256

  Dwivedi, Rajeev ^a   Zekovic, Srdja ^a   Kovacevic, Radovan ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Layered structure; LBDMD; Multi directional deposition; Silhouette curve; Slender structure; VOF

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; MACHINING; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS;

LASER-BASED DIRECT METAL DEPOSITION (LBDMD); LAYERED STRUCTURE; MULTI-DIRECTIONAL DEPOSITION; SILHOUETTE CURVES; SLENDER STRUCTURE;

METAL FORMING;

EID: 33947282679     PISSN: 08906955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2006.08.012     Document Type: Article

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