Welding with high power fiber laser API5L-X100 pipeline steel

Materials Science Forum

Volumn 636-637, Issue , 2010, Pages 592-596

  Miranda, R ^a,b   Quintino, L ^b,c   Williams, S ^d   Yapp, D ^d  

^a Instituto Superior Tecnico Institute for Mechanical Engineering   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^d CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fiber laser; Laser welding; Pipeline; X100 steel

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC WELDING; FIBER LASERS; HIGH STRENGTH STEEL; LASER BEAM WELDING; OPERATING COSTS; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; PIPELINES; TEMPERATURE; WELDS;

ECONOMICAL FEASIBILITY; HIGH POWER FIBER LASERS; LOW TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENT; MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; OIL AND GAS TRANSPORTATION; OPERATING PRESSURE; WELDING PROCEDURES; X100 PIPELINE STEELS;

STEEL FIBERS;

EID: 75649138037     PISSN: 02555476     EISSN: 16629752     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.636-637.592     Document Type: Conference Paper

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