The structure and properties of autogenous laser beam welds in aluminium alloys

Autogenous laser beam welds were made in sheets of the aluminium alloys 8090, 8009 and 6061. The Al-Li based alloy 8090 was subjected to both continuous wave CO2 and pulsed Nd:YAG thermal cycles with average powers of 1.5-3.8 kW and 0.8- 0.9 kW respectively. The two techniques were compared for thei...

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Main Author: Whitaker, Iain Robert
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 1994
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/28427/