A357 thixoforming feedstock produced by cooling slope casting

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 186, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 94-101

  Birol, Yucel ^a  

^a MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aluminium alloys; Cooling slope casting; Semi solid forming

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; COOLING SYSTEMS; DENDRIMERS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ISOTHERMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

COOLING LENGTH; COOLING SLOPE CASTING; SEMI-SOLID FORMING; THIXOFORMING;

FEEDSTOCKS;

EID: 33847340689     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2006.12.021     Document Type: Article

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