Experimental investigations for improving part strength in selective laser sintering

Virtual and Physical Prototyping

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 177-188

  Jain, Prashant K ^a   Pandey, Pulak M ^a   Rao, P V M ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

ANOVA; Part strength; S N ratio; Selective laser sintering; Taguchi method

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; FOOD PROCESSING; HATCHES; JOB ANALYSIS; LASER HEATING; LASERS; OPTICAL DESIGN; POLYMERS; POWDERS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; RAPID PROTOTYPING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINTERING; STANDARDS; TAGUCHI METHODS; TENSILE TESTING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANOVA; BED TEMPERATURES; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSTANT ENERGY; ENERGY DENSITIES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FUNCTIONAL PARTS; FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS; LASER POWERING; LAYER THICKNESSES; ORTHOGONAL ARRAYS; PART STRENGTH; PROCESS PARAMETERS; PROCESS VARIABLES; PROTOTYPING PROCESS; RAPID MANUFACTURING; RAPID TOOLING; REGRESSION MODELLING; S/N RATIO; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; SIGNAL TO NOISE; TAGUCHI; TAGUCHI METHOD; TENSILE SPECIMENS; UNIVERSAL TESTING MACHINES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA);

EID: 49649112873     PISSN: 17452759     EISSN: 17452767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17452750802065893     Document Type: Article

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