A TRANSIENT FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATION OF THE TEMPERATURE FIELD AND BEAD PROFILE OF T-JOINT LASER WELDS

N.S. Shanmugam, G. Buvanashekaran, K. Sankaranarayanasamy, and S.R. Kumar

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