Assessment of the ability of conventional and advanced wrought aluminum alloys for mechanical performance in light-weight applications

Materials and Design

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 80-91

  Pantelakis, Sp G ^a   Alexopoulos, N D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aeronautics; Mechanical performance; Quality index; Specific properties; Wrought aluminum alloys

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DUCTILITY; LIGHT WEIGHT BUILDING MATERIALS; LIGHT WEIGHT STRUCTURES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

QUALITY INDEX; WROUGHT ALUMINUM ALLOY;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DUCTILITY; LIGHT WEIGHT BUILDING MATERIALS; LIGHT WEIGHT STRUCTURES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 34548645524     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2006.12.004     Document Type: Article

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