Numerical investigations of the influence of design parameters, gas composition and electric current in Plasma Arc Welding (PAW)

Welding in the World

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages

  Schnick, Michael ^a   Füssel, Uwe ^a   Spille Kohoff, Andreas ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Berlin Space Technologies GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arc Welding; Gas shielded arc welding; Gases; Influencing factors; Measurement; Plasma gas; Plasma welding; Process conditions; Process parameters; Reference lists; Simulating

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC ARC WELDING; GAS WELDING; GASES; MEASUREMENTS; PLASMA JETS; PLASMA WELDING; WELDING;

GAS SHIELDED ARC WELDING; INFLUENCING FACTORS; PLASMA GAS; PROCESS CONDITION; PROCESS PARAMETERS; REFERENCE LIST; SIMULATING;

ELECTRIC WELDING;

EID: 79952589337     PISSN: 00432288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03263492     Document Type: Article

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