Investigation of the relationships of process parameters, molten pool geometry and shear strength in laser transmission welding of polyethylene terephthalate and polypropylene

Materials and Design

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 343-352

  Wang, Xiao ^a   Chen, Hao ^a   Liu, Huixia ^a  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Experiments; Finite element method; Laser transmission welding; Response surface methodology; Thermoplastics

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LASER BEAM WELDING; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYPROPYLENES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMOPLASTICS;

INTERACTION EFFECT; LASER TRANSMISSION WELDING; MATHEMATICAL RELATIONSHIP; MEDICAL INDUSTRIES; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES (PET); PROCESS PARAMETERS; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL THERMAL MODELS;

GEOMETRY;

EID: 84886770687     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2013.09.052     Document Type: Article

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