The influence of porosity on the fatigue life for sand and permanent mould cast aluminium

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1752-1758

  Linder, Jan ^a   Axelsson, Markus ^a   Nilsson, Henrik ^a  

^a SCANIA CV AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Cast; Fatigue; Fracture mechanics; Porosity

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM CORROSION; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FUEL CONSUMPTION; METAL CASTING; METAL MOLDING; POROSITY; SAND;

CASTING DEFECTS; CORROSION PROPERTIES; STEEL COMPONENTS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 33748453018     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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