Laser sintering of metal powders on top of sintered layers under multiple-line laser scanning

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 6725-6734

  Xiao, Bin ^a,b   Zhang, Yuwen ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE VOLUME METHOD; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; IRRADIATION; LASER RADIATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; SINTERING;

GAUSSIAN LASER BEAMS; LASER INTENSITY; LASER SCANNING; LASER SINTERING;

POWDER METALS;

EID: 35548932979     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/40/21/036     Document Type: Article

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