MMCX - An expert system for metal matrix composite selection and design

Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 177-202

  Legzdins, C F ^a   Samarasekera, I V ^a   Meech, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENICS; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ELASTIC MODULI; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FIBER REINFORCED METALS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SPREADSHEETS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; THERMAL EXPANSION;

CHEMICAL REACTIVITY; HYPERTEXT INTERFACE; POISSON'S RATIO;

METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0031191794     PISSN: 00084433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/cmq.1997.36.3.177     Document Type: Article

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