CW/PW dual-beam YAG laser welding of steel/aluminum alloy sheets

Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 732-736

  Yan, Shi ^a   Hong, Zhang ^a   Watanabe, Takehiro ^b   Jingguo, Tang ^b  

^a CHANGCHUN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aluminum alloy; Dual beam laser welding; Intermetallic compound; Shearing strength; Steel

Indexed keywords

DUAL-BEAM; INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; LASER WELDING; SHEARING STRENGTH;

ALUMINUM; CERIUM ALLOYS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; LASER BEAM WELDING; MATERIALS TESTING APPARATUS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SEMICONDUCTING INTERMETALLICS; SHEARING; TENSILE TESTING; WELDED STEEL STRUCTURES; WELDS;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 77951252357     PISSN: 01438166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2010.03.015     Document Type: Article

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