Characterization of Solid-State Resistance Welds in SiC-Reinforced Orthorhombic-Based Ti-22Al-23Nb (at.%) Titanium Aluminide

Materials Characterization

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-51

  Baeslack III, W A ^a   Liu, P S ^a,b   Smith, P R ^a   Gould, J ^c  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EDISON WELDING INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; HEAT TREATMENT; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; PHASE COMPOSITION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SILICON CARBIDE; SOLUBILITY; SPOT WELDING; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TITANIUM ALLOYS; WELDS;

SOLID-STATE RESISTANCE;

FIBER REINFORCED METALS;

EID: 0032120765     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1044-5803(98)00006-0     Document Type: Article

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