Geometry control of the deposited layer in a nonplanar laser cladding process using a variable structure controller

Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 0310031-03100311

  Fathi, Alireza ^a   Khajepour, Amir ^a   Durali, Mohammad ^b   Toyserkani, Ehsan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Laser cladding; Nonplanar deposition; Sliding mode controller

Indexed keywords

CLADDING (COATING); LASER CLADDING; LASER MATERIALS PROCESSING; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; SLIDING MODE CONTROL;

CHATTERING EFFECTS; LASER-CLADDING PROCESS; METALLIC MATERIAL; NONPLANAR DEPOSITION; RECURSIVE LEAST SQUARES METHOD; SLIDING MODE CONTROLLER; STAIR-STEP EFFECT; VARIABLE STRUCTURE CONTROLLER;

CONTROLLERS;

EID: 49749145905     PISSN: 10871357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2823085     Document Type: Article

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