Residual stress and distortion calculation of laser beam welding for aluminum lap joints

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 198, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 260-269

  Moraitis, G A ^a   Labeas, G N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Keyhole modelling; Lap joint; Laser beam welding; Thermo mechanical analysis; Welding simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT RADIATION; LASER BEAM WELDING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WELDS;

KEYHOLE MODELING; LAP JOINTS; THERMO-MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; WELDING SIMULATION;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 37349016600     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2007.07.013     Document Type: Article

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