Experimental determination of optimum parameters for stainless steel 316L annealed ultrasonic consolidation

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 172-183

  Gonzalez, Raelvim ^a   Stucker, Brent ^b  

^a Utah State University   (United States)

^b University of Louisville   (United States)

Author keywords

Linear welding density; Stainless steel; Stainless steel 316L; Ultrasonic consolidation; Ultrasonic welding

Indexed keywords

ANNEALED SAMPLES; DENSITY PARAMETERS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; NORMAL FORCES; OPTIMUM PARAMETER SET; OPTIMUM PARAMETERS; OSCILLATION AMPLITUDE; PROCESS PARAMETERS; RESEARCH LIMITATIONS; STAINLESS STEEL 316L; STANDARD SAMPLES; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRASONIC CONSOLIDATION; WELDING SPEED;

ANNEALING; ULTRASONIC WELDING; ULTRASONICS; WELDING;

STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 84858067651     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552541211212159     Document Type: Article

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