Quantitative shape evaluation of graphite particles in ductile iron

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 196, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 292-302

  De Santis, A ^a   Di Bartolomeo, O ^b,c   Iacoviello, D ^a   Iacoviello, F ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

^c Fonderghisa SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ductile cast iron; Image segmentation; Shape characterization

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IRON; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

DUCTILE IRONS; GRAPHITE NODULES; IMAGE BINARIZATION; METAL MATRIX;

GRAPHITE;

EID: 36749012963     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2007.05.056     Document Type: Article

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