Direct and indirect extrusion of aluminium alloys

Modelling of friction for high temperature extrusion of aluminium alloys

During high-temperature ball-on-disc tests of aluminium against steel, hot aluminium deformsand wear track evolves. The individual contributions of ploughing and shearing to theapparent friction and the contact pressure are unknown. The aim of this chapter was todevelop a model capable of determining these parameters. It was found that during high-temperature ball-on-disc tests,...

Creep of Aluminium and Aluminium Alloys

This chapter constitutes an introduction to creep and to the creep response of Aluminium and its alloys. Its major goals are: to provide basic information on creep and its mechanisms to give a description of the more extensively used mathematical relations among creep variables (time, stress and temperature) to illustrate the creep response of pure Aluminium and of Al-Mg alloys to provide a syn...

Macrosegregation in direct-chill casting of aluminium alloys

Metallography of Aluminium alloys

This lecture aims at providing a survey of the metallographic techniques available for the examination of aluminium and its alloys. The information must be sufficient to be sure that the students and the users are able to choose the most suitable technique to solve their problems in the examination of samples. The lecture should contain a direct understanding of the main problems in the metallo...

Strengthening Mechanisms in the Aged 2024 and 7075 Aluminium Alloys

Aluminum 2024 and 7075 alloys which are widely used in aerospace and marine applications were chosen to investigate their strengthening mechanisms. Using differential thermal analysis (DIA), metallography and tension tests, the best solutionizing conditions were determined to be 500±5°C and 2 hours for 2024 and 480?±5°C and 1 hour for 7075 alloy. Aging was performed in the range of 100 to 200°C...