An evolutionary approach to parameter optimisation of submerged arc welding in the hardfacing process

International Journal of Manufacturing Research

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 462-483

  Patnaik, Amar ^a   Biswas, Sandhyarani ^b   Mahapatra, S S ^b  

^a GIET UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

GA; Genetic Algorithm; hardfacing; optimisation; SAW; Submerged Arc Welding; Taguchi method

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849143443     PISSN: 17500591     EISSN: 17500605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMR.2007.015089     Document Type: Article

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