Microstructures and mechanical properties of titanium alloy connecting rod made by powder forging process

Materials and Design

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 213-219

  Qiu, J W ^a   Liu, Y ^a   Liu, Y B ^a   Liu, B ^b   Wang, B ^a   Ryba, Earle ^c   Tang, H P ^d  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHWEST INSTITUTE FOR NONFERROUS METAL RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

A. Non ferrous metal and alloys; C. Forging; F. Microstructure

Indexed keywords

C. FORGING; F. MICROSTRUCTURE; FINITE ELEMENT SOFTWARE; MICROSTRUCTURES AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PISTON PIN; POWDER FORGING; PRE-PROCESSING;

ALLOYS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONNECTING RODS; FORGINGS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLYBDENUM; POWDER METALLURGY; POWDER METALS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TITANIUM;

TITANIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 80051522319     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2011.07.034     Document Type: Article

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