Magnesium front END research and development: A Canada-China-USA collaboration

Magnesium Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 3-10

  Luo, Alan A ^a   Nyberg, Eric A ^b   Sadayappan, Kumar ^c   Shi, Wenfang ^d  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^d China Magnesium Center   (China)

Author keywords

Automotive applications; Casting; Extrusion; Joining; Magnesium; Sheet forming

Indexed keywords

CASTING; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER NETWORKS; CORROSION FATIGUE; CRASHWORTHINESS; DIE CASTING; DIE CASTINGS; ENERGY RESOURCES; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; EXTRUSION; FORMING; FUEL ECONOMY; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LIGHT METALS; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; METAL CASTINGS; METALS; PAPER SHEETING; PIGMENTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TECHNOLOGY;

(OTDR) TECHNOLOGY; AUTOMOTIVE BODIES; AUTOMOTIVE STRUCTURES; BODY STRUCTURES; COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING (CAE); ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES; FRONT END; KNOWLEDGE BASE (KB); MANUFACTURING PROCESSES; MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (MOST); MODELING TOOLS; PERFORMANCE BENEFITS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SURFACE FINISHING; UNITED STATES AUTOMOTIVE MATERIALS PARTNERSHIP (USAMP); UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (USDOE);

MAGNESIUM CASTINGS;

EID: 45749129057     PISSN: 15454150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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