The effect of silicon content on long crack fatigue behaviour of aluminium-silicon piston alloys at elevated temperature

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 27, Issue 10-12, 2005, Pages 1564-1570

  Moffat, A J ^a   Barnes, S ^a   Mellor, B G ^a   Reed, P A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aluminium silicon; Long crack fatigue; Micro mechanisms; Piston

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; INTERMETALLICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY;

ALUMINIUM-SILICON; LONG CRACK FATIGUE; MICRO-MECHANISMS; PISTON;

SILICON;

EID: 27144531773     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2005.06.023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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