Effects of mold media and porosity on ductile fracture properties of cast aluminum alloy A356

Zairyo/Journal of the Society of Materials Science, Japan

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 913-920

  Mae, Hiroyuki ^a   Teng, Xiaoqing ^b   Bai, Yuanli ^b   Wierzbicki, Tomasz ^b  

^a HONDA R AND D CO LTD   (Japan)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cast aluminum alloy; Ductile fracture criterion; Failure mechanism; Metal mold; Porosity; Sand mold; Shear tests; Tensile tests; True stress strain

Indexed keywords

CAST ALUMINUM ALLOY; DUCTILE FRACTURE CRITERION; FAILURE MECHANISM; METAL MOLD; SAND MOLD; SHEAR TESTS; TENSILE TESTS; TRUE STRESS-STRAIN;

ABS RESINS; ALLOYS; ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ALUMINUM METALLURGY; BRITTLENESS; CAST IRON; DEFECTS; DUCTILITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FORMING; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TESTING; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIGHT METALS; MATLAB; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANISMS; METAL MOLDING; MOLDING; MOLDS; POROSITY; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; STRESSES; TENSILE TESTING; TESTING;

DUCTILE FRACTURE;

EID: 56549126698     PISSN: 05145163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2472/jsms.57.913     Document Type: Article

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