Aluminum alloy pistons reinforced with SiC fabricated by centrifugal casting

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 211, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1540-1546

  Huang, Xiaoyu ^a   Liu, Changming ^a   Lv, Xunjia ^a   Liu, Guanghui ^a   Li, Fuqiang ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Centrifugal casting; Hypereutectic Al Si alloy; Metal matrix composites; Pistons

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOY PISTON; COMPOSITE PISTON; HARDNESS VALUES; HYPEREUTECTIC AL-SI; HYPEREUTECTIC AL-SI ALLOYS; LINEAR EXPANSION COEFFICIENT; METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES; MOLD TEMPERATURES; PARTICLE SEGREGATION; PISTON HEADS; PISTON SKIRTS; ROTATION SPEED; SIC PARTICLES; SLURRY TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EXPANSION COEFFICIENTS; WEAR RATES;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; BINARY ALLOYS; CENTRIFUGAL CASTING; ENGINES; FABRICATION; HARDNESS; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; MOLDS; PARTICLE REINFORCED COMPOSITES; PISTONS; ROTATION; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SILICON ALLOYS; SILICON CARBIDE; SLURRIES; THERMAL EXPANSION; WEAR RESISTANCE;

PERMANENT MOLD CASTING;

EID: 79958156417     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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