Mechanical behaviour of aluminium-lithium alloys

Sadhana - Academy Proceedings in Engineering Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 209-246

  Eswara Prasad, N ^a   Gokhale, A A ^a   Rama Rao, P ^b,c  

^a DEFENCE METALLURGICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^c INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTRE FOR POWDER METALLURGY AND NEW MATERIALS ARCI   (India)

Author keywords

Aluminium lithium alloys; Lightweight alloys; Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ANISOTROPY; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE; LIGHT WEIGHT STRUCTURES; LITHIUM ALLOYS; MICROSTRUCTURE; STRENGTHENING (METAL);

CYCLE FATIGUE RESISTANCE; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; PROPERTY LIMITATIONS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 0037712526     PISSN: 02562499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02717134     Document Type: Article

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