Experimental investigation and finite element simulation of laser beam welding of AISI 304 stainless steel sheet

Experimental Techniques

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 25-36

  Shanmugam, N S ^a   Buvanashekaran, G ^b   Sankaranarayanasamy, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LIMITED   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AISI-304 STAINLESS STEEL; BEAM ANGLE; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; INCIDENT ANGLES; LASER WELDING; NON-LINEAR; PHASE CHANGE; SURFACE HEAT LOSS; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT MATERIAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL ANALYSIS; WELD SHAPE; WELDING SPEED; WORK PIECES;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS; HEAT FLUX; LASER BEAM WELDING; LASER BEAMS; STEEL SHEET; THERMOANALYSIS;

STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 78349263521     PISSN: 07328818     EISSN: 17471567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-1567.2009.00552.x     Document Type: Article

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