Optimizing the injection parameter of water atomised SS316l powder with design of experiment method for best sintered density

Chiang Mai Journal of Science

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 349-358

  Jamaludin, Khairur R ^a,b   Muhamad, Norhamidi ^b   Ab Rahman, Mohd N ^b   Ahmad, Sufizar ^c   Ibrahim, Mohd H I ^c   Nor, Nor H M ^d  

^a MALAYSIA JAPAN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Analysis of variance; Simultaneous optimisation; Sintering; SS316L; Taguchi method

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349745223     PISSN: 01252526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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