Effect of pulsed current welding on fatigue behaviour of high strength aluminium alloy joints

Materials and Design

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 492-500

  Balasubramanian, V ^a   Ravisankar, V ^a   Madhusudhan Reddy, G ^b  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b DEFENCE METALLURGICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Fatigue behaviour; Gas metal arc welding; Gas tungsten arc welding; Grain refinement; High strength aluminium alloy; Pulsed current welding

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FILLER METALS; GAS METAL ARC WELDING; GRAIN REFINEMENT;

HOT CRACKING; PULSED CURRENT WELDING; WELD FUSION ZONE;

JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FILLER METALS; GAS METAL ARC WELDING; GRAIN REFINEMENT; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 35349031578     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2006.12.015     Document Type: Article

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