Mixture experiments and their applications in welding flux design

Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 319-326

  Adeyeye, Ademola David ^a   Oyawale, Festus A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Mixture experiments; Optimization; Prediction model; Welding flux

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; FLUXES; MIXTURES; OPTIMIZATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DESIGNED EXPERIMENTS; DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY; LABOUR REQUIREMENTS; MIXTURE EXPERIMENT; OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; PREDICTION MODEL; STATISTICAL MODELLING; TRADITIONAL APPROACHES;

WELDING;

EID: 60749122754     PISSN: 16785878     EISSN: 18063691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1678-58782008000400008     Document Type: Article

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