A wire cutting test to check the temperature distribution in inductively heated cylindrical aluminium billets at semi-solid material state

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 166-173

  Bouzakis, K D ^a   Tsouknidas, A ^a   Maliaris, G ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aluminium; FEM simulation; Semi solid; Thixo forming; Wire cutting

Indexed keywords

AL ALLOYS; CUTTING FORCES; CYLINDRICAL BILLETS; FAST ASSESSMENT; FAST TEST; FEM BASED SIMULATION; FEM SIMULATION; FEM SIMULATIONS; HEATING UNIFORMITY; HIGH-PRESSURE DIE CASTING; SEMI-SOLID MATERIALS; SEMI-SOLID STATE; SEMI-SOLIDS; TEMPERATURE FIELD; THERMAL FIELD; THIN WIRES; WIRE CUTTING; WIRE CUTTING TESTS;

ALUMINUM; BILLETS (METAL BARS); DIE CASTINGS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORCE MEASUREMENT; WIRE;

DIE CASTING;

EID: 71749121992     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2009.07.015     Document Type: Article

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