Plasma augmented laser welding of 6 mm steel plate

Science and Technology of Welding and Joining

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 153-160

  Swanson, P T ^a   Page, C J ^a   Read, E ^a   Wu, H Z ^a  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy utilisation; Inverse bremsstrahlung; Keyhole; Plasma augmented laser

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448968958     PISSN: 13621718     EISSN: 13621718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174329307X164283     Document Type: Article

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