The effect of forging pressure on liquid segregation during direct rheoforging process of wrought aluminium alloys fabricated by electromagnetic stirring

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 222, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1673-1684

  Kang, C G ^a   Lee, S M ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Forging pressure; Liquid segregation; Process parameter; Solid fraction; Wrought aluminium alloy

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; FORGING; FORGING MACHINES; FORGINGS; LIGHT METALS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; RHEOLOGY; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY);

FORGING PRESSURE; LIQUID SEGREGATION; PROCESS PARAMETER; SOLID FRACTION; WROUGHT ALUMINIUM ALLOY;

ALLOYS;

EID: 57649158385     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544054JEM1145     Document Type: Article

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