Microstructure Investigation and Mechanical Properties of Resistance Upset Butt Welded Ti-6Al-4V Alloy

Subject Areas : welding

Mahmood Sharifitabar ¹

1 - Department of Materials Engineering, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran

Received: 2020-01-27 Accepted : 2020-02-23 Published : 2020-09-01

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