Effect of process parameters and optimization of CO2 laser cutting of ultra high-performance polyethylene

Materials and Design

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 4029-4038

  Eltawahni, H A ^a   Olabi, A G ^a   Benyounis, K Y ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOX-BEHNKEN DESIGN; CUT EDGE; CUT QUALITY; CUTTING EDGES; CUTTING SPEED; EDGE QUALITY; FOCAL POINTS; LASER CUTTING; LASER POWER; NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATIONS; OPTIMAL CUTTING; OPTIMAL PROCESS; PROCESS FACTOR; PROCESS PARAMETERS; QUALITY FEATURES; ULTRA-HIGH;

DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 77953287418     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2010.03.035     Document Type: Article

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