An Assessment of Subsurface Residual Stress Analysis in SLM Ti-6Al-4V.
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SUBMITTER: Mishurova T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5506958 | biostudies-other | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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