The effect of heat treatment on mechanical properties of pulsed Nd:YAG welded thin Ti6Al4V

Advanced Materials Research

Volumn 189-193, Issue , 2011, Pages 3672-3677

  Fan, Yu ^a   Shipway, Philip H ^b   Tansley, Geoff D ^c   Xu, Jie ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heat treatment; Pulsed Nd:YAG laser welding; Thin; Ti6Al4V

Indexed keywords

EQUIAXED MICROSTRUCTURES; FOCAL SPOT; FURNACE COOLING; HIGH STRENGTH; LASER WELDING; MARTENSITE STRUCTURES; ND: YAG; PULSED ND:YAG LASER; THIN; THIN SHEET; TI-6AL-4V; TRAVEL SPEED; WELDING PROCESS;

DUCTILITY; HEAT TREATMENT; LASER BEAM WELDING; LASER BEAMS; MANUFACTURE; MARTENSITE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; NEODYMIUM; PULSED LASERS; WELDS;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 79952530543     PISSN: 10226680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.189-193.3672     Document Type: Conference Paper

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