USAMP magneisum powertrain cast components: Fundamental research summary

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Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 43-48

  Beals, Randy S ^a   Liu, Zi Kui ^b   Jones, J Wayne ^c   Mallick, P K ^d   Emadi, Daryoush ^e   Schwam, David ^f   Powell, Bob R ^g  

^a CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT   (Italy)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

^e NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^f CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOYS; CREEP; LIGHT METALS; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; MATERIALS TESTING; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; REUSABILITY; STRESSES; TERNARY SYSTEMS;

AUTOMOTIVE MATERIALS; CAST COMPONENTS; COMPUTATIONAL THERMODYNAMICS (CT); CREEP DEFORMATION MECHANISMS; FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH; FUNDAMENTAL SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH; HIGH TEMPERATURE (HT); HOT TEARING; NEW ALLOYS; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSICAL BEHAVIORS; POWERTRAIN (CO); SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES; SERVICE CONDITIONS; TEMPERATURE RANGES; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (CO));

MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES;

EID: 45849108825     PISSN: 10474838     EISSN: 15431851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11837-007-0103-7     Document Type: Review

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