Prediction of Residual Stresses by Radial Basis Neural Network in HSLA-65 Steel Weldments

Subject Areas : Mechanical Engineering

M. Heidari ¹

1 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aligudarz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Aligudarz, Iran

Received: 2014-12-13 Accepted : 2015-04-20 Published : 2015-06-01

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