Effect of acoustic cavitation on ease of infiltration of molten aluminum alloys into carbon fiber bundles using ultrasonic infiltration method

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 771-778

  Matsunaga, Tadashi ^a   Ogata, Kenji ^a   Hatayama, Tomei ^a   Shinozaki, Kenji ^a   Yoshida, Makoto ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

A. Carbon fibre; A. Metal matrix composites (MMCs); E. Casting; E. Liquid metal infiltration

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBERS; CASTING; CAVITATION; INFILTRATION; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; MOLTEN MATERIALS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED ALUMINUM MAGNESIUM ALLOY; LIQUID METAL INFILTRATION; METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES (MMCS); ULTRASONIC INFILTRATION METHOD;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 33845481620     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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