Performance of wrought aluminium and magnesium alloy tubes in three-point bending

Materials and Design

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2316-2322

  Hilditch, Tim ^a   Atwell, Dale ^a   Easton, Mark ^b   Barnett, Matthew ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

A. Non ferrous metals and alloys; B. Wrought; C. Extrusion

Indexed keywords

A. NON-FERROUS METALS AND ALLOYS; ABSORPTION PERFORMANCE; ALUMINIUM ALLOY TUBES; ALUMINIUM ALLOYS; B. WROUGHT; C. EXTRUSION; CYLINDRICAL TUBES; EQUIVALENT MASS; EQUIVALENT THICKNESS; FRACTURE CHARACTERISTICS; HIGH-ENERGY ABSORPTIONS; HIGHER LOADS; INDENTER; LOAD-CARRYING CAPACITIES; MAGNESIUM ALLOY AZ31; MAXIMUM LOADS; THICKNESS EFFECTS; THREE-POINT BENDING;

ABSORPTION; ALUMINUM; BENDING (FORMING); DEFORMATION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; METAL EXTRUSION; METALLURGY; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 67349091160     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2008.11.020     Document Type: Article

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