Welding of galvanized dual-phase 980 steel in a gap-free lap joint configuration

Welding Journal (Miami, Fla)

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Yang, S L ^a   Kovacevic, R ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CCD Video Camera; GalvanizeD Steels; Hybrid Laser GTA Welding; Keyhole; Metal Oxides; Spectroscopy; X Ray Photoelectron

Indexed keywords

CCD VIDEO CAMERA; GALVANIZED STEELS; HYBRID LASER/GTA WELDING; KEYHOLE; METAL OXIDES; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON;

CAMERAS; DIGITAL CAMERAS; ELECTRIC WELDING; FIBER LASERS; GALVANIZED METAL; GALVANIZING; GAS METAL ARC WELDING; GAS WELDING; IMAGE SENSORS; LASER BEAMS; LASERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METALS; OXIDES; PHASE INTERFACES; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTONS; PREHEATING; STEEL; TUNGSTEN; VIDEO CAMERAS; WELDED STEEL STRUCTURES; WELDS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC;

LASER BEAM WELDING;

EID: 69249206769     PISSN: 00432296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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