• DOI:10.1007/BF02654217
Corpus ID: 135498572

On the weldability, composition, and hardness of pulsed and continuous Nd:YAG laser welds in aluminum alloys 6061,5456, and 5086

@article{Cieslak1988OnTW,
  title={On the weldability, composition, and hardness of pulsed and continuous Nd:YAG laser welds in aluminum alloys 6061,5456, and 5086},
  author={M. Cieslak and P. W. Fuerschbach},
  journal={Metallurgical Transactions B},
  year={1988},
  volume={19},
  pages={319-329}
}

M. Cieslak, P. W. Fuerschbach

Published 1988

Materials Science

Metallurgical Transactions B

The effect of Nd:YAG laser welding aluminum alloys 6061, 5456, and 5086 was studied from a perspective of alloying element vaporization, hot cracking susceptibility, and resultant mechanical properties. Both continuous wave and pulsed Nd.YAG laser welds were investigated. It was found that Mg was vaporized during welding, the extent of which was a function of the weld travel speed. Calculations based upon evaporation theory, and assuming a regular solution model, resulted in an estimation of… CONTINUE READING

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