Recent developments in advanced aircraft aluminium alloys

Materials and Design

Volumn 56, Issue , 2014, Pages 862-871

  Dursun, Tolga ^a   Soutis, Costas ^b  

^a ASELSAN INC   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aircraft structures; Al Li alloys; Aluminium alloys; Composites; Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURE; AIRFRAMES; ALUMINUM; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CORROSION RESISTANCE; FRICTION STIR WELDING; JOINING; LASER BEAM WELDING; LITHIUM; LITHIUM ALLOYS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

7000 SERIES ALUMINIUM ALLOY; AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE; AL-LI ALLOYS; HIGH PERFORMANCE MATERIAL; HIGH STRENGTH ALUMINIUM ALLOYS; INSPECTION TECHNIQUE; SPECIFIC PROPERTIES; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 84891053406     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2013.12.002     Document Type: Review

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