Observation of crack initiation during hot tearing

International Journal of Cast Metals Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-65

  Davidson, C ^a,b   Viano, D ^a   Lu, L ^a   Stjohn, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aluminium copper alloys; Casting; Hot tearing

Indexed keywords

EID: 31644435924     PISSN: 13640461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136404606225023291     Document Type: Article

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