Laser power and Scanning Speed Influence on the Mechanical Property of Laser Metal Deposited Titanium-Alloy

Lasers in Manufacturing and Materials Processing

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 43-55

  Mahamood, Rasheedat M ^a,b   Akinlabi, Esther T ^a   Akinlabi, Stephen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Laser metal deposition (LMD); Laser power; Microhardness; Scanning Speed; Titanium alloy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017043362     PISSN: 21967229     EISSN: 21967237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40516-014-0003-y     Document Type: Article

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