Interaction time and beam diameter effects on the conduction mode limit

Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 823-828

  Assuncao, Eurico ^a   Williams, Stewart ^a   Yapp, David ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conduction mode; Keyhole mode; Laser welding

Indexed keywords

BEAM DIAMETERS; CONDUCTION MODE; DEEP PENETRATION; INTERACTION TIME; KEYHOLE MODE; POWER DENSITIES; QUALITY WELDS; TRANSITION MODES; WELDING SPEED;

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

LASER BEAM WELDING;

EID: 84863415658     PISSN: 01438166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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