A measurement of the porosity in aluminum cast alloys using fractal analysis

Advances in Aluminum Casting Technology II

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 19-22

  Huang, Y J ^a   Lu, S Z ^a  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM CASTINGS; FRACTALS; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POROSITY; SHRINKAGE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TENSILE STRENGTH; VOLUME FRACTION;

ALUMINUM CAST ALLOYS; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; SPHERICITY;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0141538075     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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