Effect of porosity on tensile properties of cast particle reinforced MMC

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 575-589

  Ahmad, S N A S ^a   Hashim, J ^b   Ghazali, M I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Aluminum silicon alloy; DRMMC; Finite element method analysis; Porosity content; Silicon carbide particle; Tensile properties

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; POROSITY; SILICON CARBIDE; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

ALUMINUM SILICON ALLOY; CASTING METHOD; DISCONTINUOUS REINFORCED METAL MATRIX COMPOSITE (DRMMC); IMAGE ANALYZER; REINFORCED MMC;

REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 33847145044     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998306066720     Document Type: Article

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