Effects of dendrite cell size and particle distribution on the near-threshold fatigue crack growth behaviour of cast Al-SiCp composites

Acta Materialia

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2249-2257

  Kumai, S ^a   Hu, J ^a   Higo, Y ^a   Nunomura, S ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FATIGUE TESTING; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; POWDER METALLURGY; SILICON CARBIDE; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

CRACK CLOSURE MEASUREMENT; DENDRITE CELL SIZE; NEAR THRESHOLD FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH; PARTICLE CRACK TIP INTERACTION; PARTICLE DISTRIBUTION; SILICON CARBIDE PARTICULATE REINFORCED ALUMINUM ALLOY COMPOSITE;

METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0030173937     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1359-6454(95)00357-6     Document Type: Article

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