Browsing 6061 Aluminum Alloys: Handbooks, Journal Articles, and Technical Papers by Title

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    • Forging and Hot Pressing 

      Howard A. Kuhn (2013-12-03)
      POWDER FORGING AND HOT PRESSING processes are similar in terms of their external physical characteristics. Each process involves the simultaneous application of pressure and heat to consolidate powders to full, or nearly ...

    • Forging of Aluminum Alloys 

      G.W. Kuhlman (2013-12-03)
      ALUMINUM ALLOYS are forged into a variety of shapes and types of forgings with a broad range of final part forging design criteria based on the intended application. Aluminum alloy forgings, particularly closed-die forgings, ...

    • Forging of Discontinuously Reinforced Aluminum Composites 

      A. Awadallah; J.J. Lewandowski (2013-12-03)
      DISCONTINUOUSLY REINFORCED aluminum (DRA) alloy metal-matrix composites (MMCs) represent an advanced aluminum materials concept whereby ceramic particles, or whiskers, are added to aluminum-base alloys through the use of ...

    • Fracture Resistance of Structural Alloys 

      K.S. Ravichandran; K. Vasudevan (2013-12-03)
      FRACTURE MECHANICS is a multidisciplinary engineering topic that has foundations in both mechanics and materials science. From the perspective of a metallurgist, fracture mechanics often emphasizes mathematical mechanics, ...

    • Friction and Wear of Aluminum-Silicon Alloy 

      Barrie S. Shabel; Douglas A. Granger; William G. Truckner (2013-12-03)
      ALUMINUM-SILICON ALLOYS are noted for their unique combination of desirable characteristics, including excellent castability and low density combined with good mechanical properties. One reference to 6061.

    • Hydrostatic Extrusion of Metals and Alloys 

      J.J. Lewandowski and A. Awadallah (2013-12-03)
      IN HYDROSTATIC EXTRUSION, the billet is extruded through a die via the action of a liquid pressure medium instead of the direct application of the load through a ram. In cases of hydrostatic extrusion, the billet is ...

    • The Influence of Alloy Composition on Precipitates of the Al-Mg-Si System 

      C.D. Marioara; S.J. Andersen; H.W. Zandbergen; R. Holmestad (2013-12-03)
      To study how changes in solute elements affect precipitation, six Al-Mg-Si alloys aged at 175 ° C were investigated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). In alloys with 1.3 at. pct solute, when the Si/Mg ratio exceeds ...

    • Introduction 

      J. Gilbert Kaufman (2013-12-03)
      The test methods and criteria used to evaluate the fracture characteristics of aluminum alloys are reviewed, and a substantial amount of representative test data for individual lots of aluminum sheet, plate, forgings, ...

    • Machining of Al 

      Unknown author (2013-12-03)

    • Mechanical Properties p162-169 

      Unknown author (2013-12-03)

    • Metal-Matrix Composites 

      John V. Foltz; Charles M. Blackmon (2013-12-03)
      METAL-MATRIX COMPOSITES (MMCs) are a class of materials with potential for a wide variety of structural and thermal management applications. Metal-matrix composites are capable of providing higher-temperature operating ...

    • Metallurgical Considerations in Fracture Resistance 

      J. Gilbert Kaufman (2013-12-03)
      The application of toughness testing to alloy development has led to a number of high-strength aluminum alloys and special tempers of some alloys with outstanding combinations of strength and toughness. An underlying basis ...

    • Metallurgical Principles 

      Martin Bauser (2013-12-03)
      The extensive use of metals over thousands of years, but in particular during the industrial age, can be attributed to their specific properties. In addition to their good electrical conductivityãassociated with good ...

    • Metallurgy of Heat Treatment and General Principles of Precipitation 

      J E Hatch (2013-12-03)
      The heat treatable alloys contain amounts of soluble alloying elements that exceed the equilibrium solid solubility limit at room and moderately higher temperatures. The amount present may be less or more than the maximum ...

    • Microstructure of Alloys 

      J E Hatch (2013-12-03)
      The examination of microstructure is one of the principal means of evaluating alloys and products to determine the effects of various fabrication and thermal treatments, evaluate the effects of new procedures, and analyze ...

    • Modeling and Simulation of the Forming of Aluminum Sheet Alloys 

      J.W. Yoon, F. Barlat (2013-12-03)
      WITH ADVANCES in computer hardware and software, it is possible to model material processing, product manufacturing, product performance in service, and failure. Although the fine-tuning of product manufacturing and ...

    • Modeling the Influence of Cooling Rate on the Precipitate Evolution in Al-Mg-Si (Cu) Alloys 

      P. Lang; A. Falahati; M.R. Ahmadi; P. Warczok; E. Povoden-Karadeniz; E. Kozeschnik; R. Radis (2013-12-03)
      The present study aims at understanding the process of age hardening in Al-Mg-Si (Cu) alloys, which starts immediately after annealing heat treatment followed by quenching. The cooling rate turns out to be one of the most ...

    • Models for Fracture during Deformation Processing 

      H. Kuhn (2013-12-03)
      In very broad terms, modeling of fracture during deformation processes has been a major focal point for production engineers since cracking first occurred as a source of scrap in manufacturing. G. Sachs, in his 1954 ...

    • The Production of Extruded Semifinished Products from Metallic Materials, 

      Unknown author (2013-12-03)
      Aluminum alloys are covered on pages 207 -239 The hot-working process extrusion is covered for a wide selection of metals with varying degrees of extrudability. This is the translation of a German book, so  6061 appears ...

    • Quantitative Characterization and Representation of Global Microstructural Geometry 

      Arun M. Gokhale (2013-12-03)
      It is the central precept of materials science that processing governs microstructure and the microstructure influences the properties and performance of materials. Consequently, quantitative characterization and mathematical ...