Effect of laser welding on formability of DP980 steel

Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 0410041-0410049

  Sreenivasan, N ^a   Xia, M ^a,b   Lawson, S ^a   Zhou, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b CENTRAL IRON AND STEEL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Diode laser; DP980 steel; Formability; Nd:YAG laser; Softened HAZ

Indexed keywords

BUTT WELDING; DUAL PHASE STEEL; FORMABILITY; NEODYMIUM LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

BASE METALS; BIAXIAL STRAINS; CENTERLINES; DP980 STEEL; ND : YAG LASERS; ROLLING DIRECTION; SOFTENED HAZ; WELDING THERMAL CYCLES;

HEAT AFFECTED ZONE;

EID: 54949087218     PISSN: 00944289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2969246     Document Type: Article

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