Fatigue crack growth behavior in powder-metallurgy 6061 aluminum alloy reinforced with submicron Al 2O 3 particulates

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3020-3025

  Gasem, Zuhair M ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

A. Metal matrix composites (MMC's); Al 2O 3 reinforcement; B. Fatigue; D. Fractography; E. Powder processing

Indexed keywords

6061 ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ABRUPT TRANSITION; ALUMINUM ALLOY 6061; FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH BEHAVIOR; FATIGUE RESPONSE; GROWTH MECHANISMS; HOT EXTRUSION; LOAD RATIO; MATRIX CRACKING; METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; PARIS LAW; PARIS REGIME; PARTICULATE COMPOSITES; POWDER PROCESSING; PROCESS ZONE; REINFORCEMENT CONTENT; SUBMICRON; THREE POINT BENDING;

ALUMINUM; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; PARTICLE REINFORCED COMPOSITES; POWDER METALS; REINFORCEMENT;

METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 84866734256     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2012.05.031     Document Type: Article

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