Laser cutting of Kevlar laminates: First and second law analysis

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 855-862

  Yilbas, Bekir S ^a   Sahin, Ahmet Z ^a   Chatwin, C ^b   Ayar, Tahir ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cut; Efficiency; First law; Kevlar; Laser; Second law

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FILM; LASER METHOD; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; PRECISION; PROCESSING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY;

EID: 79959191758     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12206-011-0218-1     Document Type: Article

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