Finite element analysis of the stress distributions near damaged Si particle clusters in cast Al-Si alloys

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 277-301

  Gall, Ken ^a   Horstemeyer, Mark ^a   McDowell, David L ^b   Fan, Jinghong ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC LOADS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; MORPHOLOGY; PLASTICITY; SILICON; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

PARTICLE CLUSTER MORPHOLOGY;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0033898015     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6636(00)00003-X     Document Type: Article

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