Microstructural dependence of fracture toughness in high-strength 7000 forging alloys

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2115-2129

  Cvijovic Z ^a   Rakin, M ^a   Vratnica, M ^b   Cvijovic I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTENEGRO   (Montenegro)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

7000 Aluminium alloys; Image analysis; Microstructure; Modelling; Toughness

Indexed keywords

MICROMECHANISM-BASED MODEL; PLANE-STRAIN FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

FORGINGS; FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETALLICS; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; STRAIN;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; FORGINGS; FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETALLICS; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; STRAIN;

EID: 39249083428     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2007.10.010     Document Type: Article

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