Influences of pulsed current tungsten inert gas welding parameters on the tensile properties of AA 6061 aluminium alloy

Materials and Design

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2080-2092

  Senthil Kumar, T ^a   Balasubramanian, V ^b   Sanavullah, M Y ^c  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Vinayaka Missions University   (India)

Author keywords

Analysis of variance; Design of experiments; Medium strength aluminium alloy; Pulsed current; Tensile strength; Tungsten inert gas welding

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); GRAIN REFINEMENT; INERT GAS WELDING; TENSILE STRENGTH; TUNGSTEN;

PULSED CURRENT; TUNGSTEN INERT GAS WELDING;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); GRAIN REFINEMENT; INERT GAS WELDING; TENSILE STRENGTH; TUNGSTEN;

EID: 34248993691     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2006.05.027     Document Type: Article

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