A New Quality Index for Characterizing Aluminum Cast Alloys with Regard to Aircraft Structure Design Requirements

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science

Volumn 35 A, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 301-308

  Alexopoulos, N D ^a   Pantelakis, S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT MATERIALS; DUCTILITY; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; QUALITY CONTROL; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TENSILE TESTING; YIELD STRESS;

ENERGY DENSITY; QUALITY INDEX;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 1342347267     PISSN: 10735623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11661-004-0131-7     Document Type: Article

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