Influence of notch radius and microstructure on the fracture behavior of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloys of different purity

Materials and Design

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1790-1798

  Vratnica, M ^a   Pluvinage, G ^b   Jodin, P ^b   Cvijovic Z ^c   Rakin, M ^c   Burzic Z ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTENEGRO   (Montenegro)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^d Military Technical Institute   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Fracture behavior; Microstructure Al Zn Mg Cu alloys; Notch radius

Indexed keywords

AL-ZN-MG-CU ALLOY; BENDING SPECIMENS; FE CONTENT; FRACTURE BEHAVIOR; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS TESTS; HIGH-STRENGTH; MICROMECHANISMS; MICROSTRUCTURAL FEATURES; NOTCH FRACTURE; NOTCH RADII; PRECRACKED;

ALUMINUM; BENDING TESTS; COPPER ALLOYS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HIGH STRENGTH ALLOYS; MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; STRESS ANALYSIS; ZINC; ZINC ALLOYS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 73049102594     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2009.11.018     Document Type: Article

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