Effect of anodizing on pulsed Nd:YAG laser joining of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and aluminium alloy (A5052)

Materials and Design

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 410-415

  Yusof, Farazila ^a   Yukio, Miyashita ^b   Yoshiharu, Mutoh ^b   Abdul Shukor, Mohd Hamdi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

A. Multi materials; C. Surface treatment; D. Welding

Indexed keywords

DISSIMILAR MATERIALS; JOINING; NEODYMIUM LASERS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

ANODIZING PROCESS; HEAT INPUT; LASER JOINING; MOLTEN POOL; MULTI MATERIALS; PULSE DURATIONS; PULSED ND:YAG LASER;

PULSED LASERS;

EID: 84858174562     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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