Class information for:
Level 1: LASER TRANSMISSION WELDING//VIBRATION WELDING//MAT MECHSOLID STATE JOINING PROC

Basic class information

Class id #P Avg. number of
references
Database coverage
of references
11556 972 21.1 44%



Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Hierarchy of classes

The table includes all classes above and classes immediately below the current class.



Cluster id Level Cluster label #P
12 4 POLYMER SCIENCE//MATERIALS SCIENCE, PAPER & WOOD//CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL 1084170
286 3       POLYMER SCIENCE//POLYURETHANE//POLYIMIDE 42399
742 2             EPOXY RESIN//MATERIALS SCIENCE, COMPOSITES//BISMALEIMIDE 12524
11556 1                   LASER TRANSMISSION WELDING//VIBRATION WELDING//MAT MECHSOLID STATE JOINING PROC 972

Terms with highest relevance score



rank Term termType Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
1 LASER TRANSMISSION WELDING authKW 715629 3% 84% 27
2 VIBRATION WELDING authKW 593482 2% 82% 23
3 MAT MECHSOLID STATE JOINING PROC address 285575 1% 91% 10
4 TAPE PLACEMENT authKW 219894 1% 100% 7
5 ADV POLYMER MET HYBRID STRUCT GRP address 192406 1% 88% 7
6 LASER JOINING authKW 189589 1% 46% 13
7 HOT PLATE WELDING authKW 188481 1% 100% 6
8 HOT TOOL WELDING authKW 188481 1% 100% 6
9 TRANSMISSION LASER WELDING authKW 161553 1% 86% 6
10 FRICTION RIVETING authKW 157067 1% 100% 5

Web of Science journal categories



Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
1 Materials Science, Composites 35484 28% 0% 271
2 Engineering, Manufacturing 6494 14% 0% 139
3 Polymer Science 5928 30% 0% 290
4 Engineering, Chemical 1708 18% 0% 179
5 Materials Science, Multidisciplinary 1176 26% 0% 257
6 Materials Science, Characterization, Testing 577 3% 0% 31
7 Engineering, Industrial 340 3% 0% 34
8 Engineering, General 287 5% 0% 45
9 Optics 162 7% 0% 66
10 METALLURGY & MINING 111 0% 0% 4

Address terms



Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
1 MAT MECHSOLID STATE JOINING PROC 285575 1% 91% 10
2 ADV POLYMER MET HYBRID STRUCT GRP 192406 1% 88% 7
3 MOTORS MFG GRP 94240 0% 100% 3
4 STRUCT INTEGR COMPOSITES 87255 1% 56% 5
5 SMART SENSORS INTEGRATED MICROSYST 71389 1% 45% 5
6 CHAIR PROC MACHINERY PROC TECHNOL 62827 0% 100% 2
7 ELECT ENGN CHEM MAT ENGN DIECII 62827 0% 100% 2
8 FOR BEREICH FUGE ULTRA ALLTECH 62827 0% 100% 2
9 SCI TECHNOL WOMEN SCI EME 62827 0% 100% 2
10 SCI ENVIRONM AFFAIRS 56542 0% 60% 3

Journals



Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
1 JOURNAL OF THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE MATERIALS 70330 5% 5% 49
2 POLYMER ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE 32215 10% 1% 93
3 COMPOSITES MANUFACTURING 31405 1% 20% 5
4 SAMPE JOURNAL 21151 2% 3% 20
5 COMPOSITES PART A-APPLIED SCIENCE AND MANUFACTURING 21142 6% 1% 54
6 PLASTICS ENGINEERING 12507 1% 3% 12
7 KUNSTSTOFFE-PLAST EUROPE 7341 2% 2% 15
8 JOURNAL OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS 6826 3% 1% 32
9 WELDING IN THE WORLD 6659 1% 2% 11
10 JOURNAL OF REINFORCED PLASTICS AND COMPOSITES 6178 3% 1% 26

Author Key Words



Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 LASER TRANSMISSION WELDING 715629 3% 84% 27 Search LASER+TRANSMISSION+WELDING Search LASER+TRANSMISSION+WELDING
2 VIBRATION WELDING 593482 2% 82% 23 Search VIBRATION+WELDING Search VIBRATION+WELDING
3 TAPE PLACEMENT 219894 1% 100% 7 Search TAPE+PLACEMENT Search TAPE+PLACEMENT
4 LASER JOINING 189589 1% 46% 13 Search LASER+JOINING Search LASER+JOINING
5 HOT PLATE WELDING 188481 1% 100% 6 Search HOT+PLATE+WELDING Search HOT+PLATE+WELDING
6 HOT TOOL WELDING 188481 1% 100% 6 Search HOT+TOOL+WELDING Search HOT+TOOL+WELDING
7 TRANSMISSION LASER WELDING 161553 1% 86% 6 Search TRANSMISSION+LASER+WELDING Search TRANSMISSION+LASER+WELDING
8 FRICTION RIVETING 157067 1% 100% 5 Search FRICTION+RIVETING Search FRICTION+RIVETING
9 RESISTANCE WELDING 153206 2% 24% 20 Search RESISTANCE+WELDING Search RESISTANCE+WELDING
10 ENERGY DIRECTORS 125654 0% 100% 4 Search ENERGY+DIRECTORS Search ENERGY+DIRECTORS

Core articles

The table includes core articles in the class. The following variables is taken into account for the relevance score of an article in a cluster c:
(1) Number of references referring to publications in the class.
(2) Share of total number of active references referring to publications in the class.
(3) Age of the article. New articles get higher score than old articles.
(4) Citation rate, normalized to year.



Rank Reference # ref.
in cl.
Shr. of ref. in
cl.
Citations
1 PATHAM, B , FOSS, PH , (2011) THERMOPLASTIC VIBRATION WELDING: REVIEW OF PROCESS PHENOMENOLOGY AND PROCESSING-STRUCTURE-PROPERTY INTERRELATIONSHIPS.POLYMER ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE. VOL. 51. ISSUE 1. P. 1 -22 49 89% 11
2 AMANAT, N , JAMES, NL , MCKENZIE, DR , (2010) WELDING METHODS FOR JOINING THERMOPLASTIC POLYMERS FOR THE HERMETIC ENCLOSURE OF MEDICAL DEVICES.MEDICAL ENGINEERING & PHYSICS. VOL. 32. ISSUE 7. P. 690-699 55 59% 33
3 LAMBIASE, F , GENNA, S , (2017) LASER-ASSISTED DIRECT JOINING OF AISI304 STAINLESS STEEL WITH POLYCARBONATE SHEETS: THERMAL ANALYSIS, MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION, AND BONDS MORPHOLOGY.OPTICS AND LASER TECHNOLOGY. VOL. 88. ISSUE . P. 205 -214 34 81% 0
4 YOUSEFPOUR, A , HOJJATI, M , IMMARIGEON, JP , (2004) FUSION BONDING/WELDING OF THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES.JOURNAL OF THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE MATERIALS. VOL. 17. ISSUE 4. P. 303 -341 39 87% 76
5 STOKES-GRIFFIN, CM , COMPSTON, P , (2016) AN INVERSE MODEL FOR OPTIMISATION OF LASER HEAT FLUX DISTRIBUTIONS IN AN AUTOMATED LASER TAPE PLACEMENT PROCESS FOR CARBON-FIBRE/PEEK.COMPOSITES PART A-APPLIED SCIENCE AND MANUFACTURING. VOL. 88. ISSUE . P. 190 -197 32 82% 0
6 STOKES-GRIFFIN, CM , COMPSTON, P , MATUSZYK, TI , CARDEW-HALL, MJ , (2015) THERMAL MODELLING OF THE LASER-ASSISTED THERMOPLASTIC TAPE PLACEMENT PROCESS.JOURNAL OF THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE MATERIALS. VOL. 28. ISSUE 10. P. 1445 -1462 24 92% 4
7 STOKES, VK , (2001) THE VIBRATION AND HOT-TOOL WELDING OF POLYAMIDES.POLYMER ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE. VOL. 41. ISSUE 8. P. 1427-1439 33 100% 12
8 STOKES, VK , (2003) COMPARISON OF VIBRATION AND HOT-TOOL THERMOPLASTIC WELD MORPHOLOGIES.POLYMER ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE. VOL. 43. ISSUE 9. P. 1576-1602 32 97% 7
9 STOKES, VK , (2000) HOT-TOOL AND VIBRATION WELDING OF POLY(VINYL CHLORIDE).JOURNAL OF VINYL & ADDITIVE TECHNOLOGY. VOL. 6. ISSUE 3. P. 158-165 34 97% 5
10 DE BAERE, I , ALLAER, K , JACQUES, S , VAN PAEPEGEM, W , DEGRIECK, J , (2012) INTERLAMINAR BEHAVIOR OF INFRARED WELDED JOINTS OF CARBON FABRIC-REINFORCED POLYPHENYLENE SULFIDE.POLYMER COMPOSITES. VOL. 33. ISSUE 7. P. 1105-1113 25 93% 0

Classes with closest relation at Level 1



Rank Class id link
1 34796 HEAT SEALING//PARALLEL FOLDING//FRINGE CURVE
2 27418 PULTRUSION//PULTRUSION PROCESS//RESIN INJECTION
3 36862 BOEING MAT TECHNOL//2K ADHESIVES//3 PHASE MORPHOLOGY
4 18763 KNITTED FABRIC COMPOSITES//KNITTING//COMMINGLED YARN
5 21619 SELF PIERCING RIVETING//CLINCHING//SELF PIERCE RIVETING
6 37640 IK2//ABT ANWENDUNGSTECH THERMOPLASTE//ABT EXTRUS WEITERVERARBEITUNG
7 4111 RESIN FLOW//RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING//RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING RTM
8 19226 MICROWAVE CURING//ELECTRON BEAM CURING//RADIATION CURING
9 34020 KUNSTSTOFFE-PLAST EUROPE//AUTOMOT PAINTS//MKT SPECIALTY POLYMERS
10 12255 SLOW CRACK GROWTH//POLYETHYLENE PIPE//ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS CRACKING RESISTANCE

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