Some studies on weld bead geometries for laser spot welding process using finite element analysis

Materials and Design

Volumn 34, Issue , 2012, Pages 412-426

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

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LIMITED   (India)

Author keywords

Lasers; Thermal; Welding

Indexed keywords

AISI-304 STAINLESS STEEL; ANSYS PARAMETRIC DESIGN LANGUAGE; BEAD WIDTH; BEAM POWER; CONVENTIONAL WELDING PROCESS; DEVELOPED MODEL; EXPOSURE-TIME; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; FINITE-ELEMENT CODES; GAUSSIANS; HEAT INPUT; HEAT SOURCES; HIGH POWER DENSITY; INCIDENT ANGLES; INPUT PARAMETER; LASER INPUT; LASER SPOT WELDING; LATENT HEAT OF FUSION; SMALL SPOTS; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT THERMAL PROPERTY; THERMAL; WELD BEAD; WELD BEAD GEOMETRY; WELDING PROCESS;

ELECTRIC WELDING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; HEAT AFFECTED ZONE; LASER BEAM WELDING; LASERS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; SPOT WELDING; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WELDING;

STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 80053176260     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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