Effect of solidification cooling rate on the fatigue life of A356.2-T6 cast aluminium alloy

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 417-423

  Zhang, B ^a   Chen, W ^a   Poirier, D R ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Cast aluminium; Cooling rate; Crack initiation; Fatigue life; Microporosity; Secondary dendrite arm spacing

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CRACK INITIATION; FATIGUE TESTING; METAL CASTING; MICROPOROSITY; PORE SIZE; SOLIDIFICATION; STRESS ANALYSIS;

DENDRITE ARM SPACINGS;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0034427489     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.2000.00299.x     Document Type: Article

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