Application of X-ray microtomography to study the influence of the casting microstructure upon the tensile behaviour of an Al-Si alloy

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 324, Issue , 2014, Pages 57-62

  Limodin, Nathalie ^a   El Bartali, Ahmed ^a,b   Wang, Long ^a,b   Lachambre, Joël ^c   Buffiere, Jean Yves ^c   Charkaluk, Eric ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ECOLE CENTRALE DE LILLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Cast aluminium silicon alloys; Digital Image Correlation; Laboratory X ray CT

Indexed keywords

CAST ALUMINIUM; CAST ALUMINIUM ALLOYS; DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATIONS; DIGITAL VOLUME CORRELATIONS; FULL-FIELD MEASUREMENT; LOST FOAM CASTING PROCESS; X RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY CT;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETALLICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; SPECKLE; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TENSILE TESTING; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

SILICON ALLOYS;

EID: 84897630527     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2013.07.034     Document Type: Article

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