CO2 laser beam welding of aluminum 5754-O and 6111-T4 alloys

Welding Journal (Miami, Fla)

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 275-s

  Venkat, S ^a   Albright, C E ^a   Ramasamy, S ^a   Hurley, J P ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EDISON WELDING INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

5454 O Aluminum; 6111 T4 Aluminum; Brittle Interdendritic Failure; Dendritic Structure; Ductile Rupture; Elongation; Laser Beam Welding; Tailor Welded Blanks

Indexed keywords

EID: 3643135318     PISSN: 00432296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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