Laser cutting of 7050 Al alloy reinforced with Al2O3 and B4C composites

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 185-193

  Yilbas, Bekir Sami ^a   Khan, S ^a   Raza, K ^a   Keles, Omer ^b   Ubeyli, Mustafa ^c   Demir, Teyfik ^c   Karakas, M Serdar ^d  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c TOBB UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

^d SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aluminum alloy; Cutting; Kerf width; Laser

Indexed keywords

7050 AL ALLOY; 7050 ALUMINUM ALLOY; CUT EDGE; DUTY CYCLES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; KERF WIDTH; LASER CUTTING; LASER POWER; OPTICAL MICROSCOPES; PARAMETER ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SIZE VARIATION;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM METALLURGY; CUTTING; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER BEAMS; MICROSCOPES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 77958043328     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-009-2489-6     Document Type: Article

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