Effect of evaporative pattern casting process parameters on the surface roughness of Al-7% Si alloy castings

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 182, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 615-623

  Kumar, Sudhir ^a   Kumar, Pradeep ^a   Shan, H S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

EPC process; Process parameters; Response surface methodology (RSM); Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLTEN MATERIALS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLYSTYRENES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EVAPORATIVE PATTERN CASTING (EPC); POURING TEMPERATURE; PROCESS PARAMETERS; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY (RSM);

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 33750610343     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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