Application of traditional investment casting process to aluminium matrix composites

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1606-1617

  Previtali, Barbara ^a   Pocci, Dante ^b   Taccardo, Cataldo ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b CENTRO SVILUPPO MATERIALI S P A   (Italy)

^c Microcast   (Italy)

Author keywords

A. Discontinuous reinforcement; A. Metal matrix composites (MMCs); A. Particle reinforcement; E. Casting

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; LIGHT METALS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; PRECISION CASTING; SILICON CARBIDE;

A. DISCONTINUOUS REINFORCEMENT; A. METAL-MATRIX COMPOSITES (MMCS); A. PARTICLE REINFORCEMENT; CASTING PROCESSES; E. CASTING;

METAL CASTING;

EID: 51449086206     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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