Laser cutting of square blanks in stainless steel-304 sheets: HAZ and thermal stress analysis

• Main Authors: A.M. Sifullah,, Ahmed, Khaled I., Y. Nukman,, M.A. Hassan,, A. Hossain,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11065/1/10%20A.M%20Sifullah.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11065/; http://www.ukm.my/jsm/english_journals/vol46num5_2017/contentsVol46num5_2017.html

Laser cutting is a non-traditional cutting process and cutting of square blank in stainless steel-304 sheets cause heat affected zone (HAZ) and thermal stress. Formation of HAZ is undesirable and excessive stress cause surface defects. Thus, it is necessary to analyze them intensively. The process o...