Quantitative evaluation of porosity in aluminum die castings by fractal analysis of perimeter

Materials Transactions

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 782-786

  Hangai, Yoshihiko ^a   Kitahara, Soichiro ^b  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Gundai Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aluminum alloy; Die casting; Fractal analysis; Gas porosity; Quantitative discrimination; Shrinkage porosity

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; DIE CASTING; FRACTALS; GAS PERMEABILITY; MORPHOLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GAS POROSITY; QUANTITATIVE DISCRIMINATION; SHRINKAGE POROSITY;

POROSITY;

EID: 44349169488     PISSN: 13459678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2320/matertrans.MRA2007314     Document Type: Article

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