Onset of fracture in high pressure die casting aluminum alloys

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-116

  Mohr, Dirk ^a   Treitler, Roland ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b BMW AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aluminum alloy; Failure mechanism; Fracture criteria; High pressure die casting; Stress triaxiality

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; DIE CASTING; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; SHEAR STRESS; STRAIN;

MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL STRAIN; POST-MORTEM METALLOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; STRESS TRIAXIALITY;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CRACK INITIATION; DIE CASTING; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; SHEAR STRESS; STRAIN;

EID: 35448977696     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2007.01.029     Document Type: Article

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