The effect of applied pressure on fracture surface and tensile properties of nickel coated continuous carbon fiber reinforced aluminum composites fabricated by squeeze casting

Materials and Design

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2381-2386

  Hajjari, E ^a   Divandari, M ^b   Mirhabibi, A R ^b  

^a SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carbon fiber reinforced aluminum composites; Microstructure; Nickel coating; Squeeze casting; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

APPLIED PRESSURE; COATING LAYER; COMPOSITE SAMPLES; COMPOSITE SPECIMENS; FRACTURE SURFACES; LIQUID ALUMINUM; NICKEL COATED; NICKEL COATING; NICKEL LAYERS; SQUEEZE CASTING METHOD;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM COATINGS; CARBON FIBERS; COATINGS; FIBERS; FRACTURE; LIQUID METALS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; NICKEL COATINGS; NICKEL PLATING; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REINFORCEMENT; SPINNING (FIBERS); SQUEEZE CASTING;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 76549107627     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2009.11.067     Document Type: Article

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