Study on the effect of prolonged mechanical vibration on the grain refinement and density of A356 aluminum alloy

Materials and Design

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1604-1611

  Taghavi, Farshid ^a,b   Saghafian, Hasan ^b   Kharrazi, Yousef H K ^b  

^a Paraye Co   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Density; Grain refinement; Mechanical vibration

Indexed keywords

A-356 ALUMINUM ALLOYS; DENSITY; EFFECT OF VIBRATIONS; MECHANICAL VIBRATION; SOLID-PHASE; VIBRATION CONDITIONS; VIBRATION FREQUENCIES;

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; VIBRATION CONTROL; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); VIBRATORS;

GRAIN REFINEMENT;

EID: 60549085373     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2008.07.032     Document Type: Article

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