Aluminum Alloys

• Main Author: Nong Gao (Ed.) (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
• Subjects: Other technologies & applied sciences; Processes and mechanical property Microstructural characterization; Wear; corrosion and surface behavior; Modelling and simulation; Aluminum alloys; fracture and fatigue; Strength
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Aluminium is the world's most abundant metal and is the third most common element, comprising 8% of the Earth's crust. The versatility of aluminium makes it the most widely used metal after steel. By utilising various combinations of their advantageous properties such as strength, lightnes...