Stresses in the eutectic silicon particles of strontium-modified A356 castings loaded in tension

TMS Annual Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 127-134

  Finlayson, T R ^a   Griffiths, J R ^b   Viano, D M ^b   Fitzpatrick, M E ^c   Oliver, E C ^d   Wang, Q G ^e  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum castings; Composites; Neutron diffraction; Particle stresses

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE EARTH METALS; ALUMINA; ELASTIC CONSTANTS; EUTECTICS; FORMING; FRACTURE FIXATION; LIGHT METALS; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; NONMETALS; SILICON; STRAIN; STRONTIUM; TENSILE STRAIN; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMAL SPRAYING;

ALUMINUM CASTINGS; ANNUAL MEETINGS; COEFFICIENTS OF THERMAL EXPANSIONS; COMPOSITES; DENDRITE ARM SPACINGS; DIFFRACTION METHODS; ELASTIC MISFIT; EUTECTIC SILICON; FRACTURE STRENGTHS; HIGH YIELD; INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM; LOWER LIMIT; MICROSTRUCTURAL CONDITIONS; MISFIT STRESSES; PARTICLE STRESSES; SHAPE CASTING; SILICON PARTICLES;

CASTING;

EID: 51649088212     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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