Structure-property investigations on a laser beam welded dissimilar joint of aluminium AA6056 and titanium Ti6Al4V for aeronautical applications: Part I: Local gradients in microstructure, hardness and strength

Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 623-633

  Vaidya, W V ^a   Horstmann, M ^a   Ventzke, V ^a   Petrovski, B ^a   Kocak M ^a   Kocik, R ^b   Tempus, G ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aluminium alloy AA6056; Dissimilar weld; Hardness gradient; Laser beam welding; Microstructural variations; Property gradients; Tensile strength; Titanium alloy Ti6Al4V

Indexed keywords

ALUMINIUM ALLOY AA6056; DISSIMILAR WELD; HARDNESS GRADIENT; MICROSTRUCTURAL VARIATIONS; PROPERTY GRADIENTS;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; HARDNESS; HEAT AFFECTED ZONE; HEAT TREATMENT; LASER BEAMS; LASERS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NEODYMIUM LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; TITANIUM; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

LASER BEAM WELDING;

EID: 69749123828     PISSN: 09335137     EISSN: 15214052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mawe.200900366     Document Type: Article

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