Effects of activating flux on the welded joint characteristics in gas metal arc welding

Materials and Design

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2488-2495

  Huang, Her Yueh ^a  

^a NATIONAL FORMOSA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Activating flux; Analysis of variance; Gas metal arc welding; Process parameter; Taguchi method

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING FLUX; ANGULAR DISTORTIONS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICE CAMERA; GAS METAL ARCS; OPTIMAL PROCESS; WELD BEAD GEOMETRY; WELDED JOINTS; WELDING ARC; WELDING PARAMETERS; WELDMENTS;

CARBON STEEL; CAVITY RESONATORS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DIGITAL CAMERAS; FUMES; GAS METAL ARC WELDING; GAS WELDING; HARDNESS; INERT GAS WELDING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METAL ANALYSIS; METALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; TAGUCHI METHODS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WELDED STEEL STRUCTURES; WELDS;

ELECTRIC WELDING;

EID: 76649143717     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2009.11.043     Document Type: Article

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