Improvement of mechanical properties of Al6061 extrudate by die cooling with N2 gas during hot extrusion

Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 153-161

  Ko, Dae Hoon ^a   Kang, Boung Ho ^b   Ko, Dae Cheol ^a   Kim, Byung Min ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Interdisciplinary Department of Innovative Manufacturing Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Abnormal grain growth; Aluminum hot extrusion; CFD analysis; Cooling channel; Die cooling; Hard disk arm

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COOLING; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; DIES; GRAIN GROWTH; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE;

ABNORMAL GRAIN GROWTH; ALUMINUM HOT EXTRUSION; CFD ANALYSIS; COOLING CHANNELS; EXTRUSION TEMPERATURES; HOT EXTRUSION PROCESS; PROPERTIES OF THE EXTRUDATE; THERMO-MECHANICAL ANALYSIS;

EXTRUSION;

EID: 84872664052     PISSN: 1738494X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12206-012-1213-x     Document Type: Article

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