Correlation between ultimate tensile strength and solidification microstructure for the sand cast A357 aluminium alloy

Materials and Design

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4525-4531

  Ceschini, L ^a   Morri, Alessandro ^a   Morri, Andrea ^a   Gamberini, A ^a   Messieri, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Ducati Racing   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINIUM ALLOYS; CAST ALUMINIUM; CAST COMPONENTS; FATIGUE STRENGTH; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; GRAIN SIZE; INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; MATERIAL HARDNESS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MICRO-STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; MICROSTRUCTURAL FEATURES; MICROSTRUCTURAL PARAMETERS; SECONDARY DENDRITE ARM SPACING; SI-PARTICLE; SOLIDIFICATION MICROSTRUCTURES; SOLIDIFICATION TIME; TENSILE BEHAVIOUR; TENSILE SPECIMENS; ULTIMATE TENSILE STRENGTH;

ALUMINUM; CRYSTALLIZATION; HARDNESS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETALLICS; MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SILICON ALLOYS; SOLIDIFICATION; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 67649387949     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2009.05.012     Document Type: Article

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