Microstructure and properties of Al-6061 alloy by equal channel angular extrusion for 16 passes

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 819-824

  Tham, Y W ^a,c   Fu, M W ^b   Hng, H H ^c   Pei, Q X ^d   Lim, K B ^a  

^a SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aluminum 6061 alloy; Aluminum alloy; Bottom down approach; Bulk materials; Bulk nanostructured materials; ECAE process; Equal channel angular extrusion; Equal channel angular pressing (ECAP); Nanostructured processing; Severe plastic deformation (SPD)

Indexed keywords

EQUAL CHANNEL ANGULAR PRESSING; GRAIN REFINEMENT; MICROSTRUCTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; VICKERS HARDNESS;

ALUMINUM 6061 ALLOY; BOTTOM-DOWN APPROACH; BULK NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; EQUAL CHANNEL ANGULAR EXTRUSION; EQUAL CHANNEL ANGULAR PRESSING (ECAP); SEVERE PLASTIC DEFORMATION (SPD);

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 34848911666     PISSN: 10426914     EISSN: 15322475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10426910701446754     Document Type: Article

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