Understanding the parameters controlling plasma transferred arc hardfacing using response surface methodology

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 674-682

  Balasubramanian, V ^a   Lakshminarayanan, A K ^a   Varahamoorthy, R ^a   Babu, S ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Dilution; Plasma transferred arc hardfacing; Response surface methodology

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE DEVICES; ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE FILTERS; CARBON DIOXIDE ARC WELDING; CAVITY RESONATORS; DILUTION; ELECTRIC ARC WELDING; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC WELDING; GAS METAL ARC WELDING; GAS WELDING; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METALS; NICKEL; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; PLASMA TORCHES; PLASMA WELDING; PLASMAS; SUBMERGED ARC WELDING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TUNGSTEN; WELDING;

CENTRAL COMPOSITE ROTATABLE DESIGN; GAS-TUNGSTEN ARC WELDING; METALLURGICAL BONDS; PLASMA TRANSFERRED ARC; PLASMA TRANSFERRED ARC HARDFACING; PROCESS PARAMETERS; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGIES; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; SHIELDED METAL ARC WELDING;

HARD FACING;

EID: 50249189343     PISSN: 10426914     EISSN: 15322475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15560350802316744     Document Type: Article

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