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ALUMINUM ALLOY CASTINGS: PROPERTIES, PROCESSES, AND APPLICATIONS
01-12-2013
Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Background and Scope
1.2 History
1.3 Advantages and Limitations of Aluminum Castings
1.4 Major Trends Influencing Increased Use of Aluminum
Castings
1.5 Selecting the Right Aluminum Alloy and Casting Process
Chapter 2: Aluminum Casting Alloys
2.1 General
2.2 Specifications
2.3 Alloy Designations
2.4 Composition Groupings
2.5 Effects of Alloying Elements
2.6 Alloy Groupings by Application or Major Characteristic
Chapter 3: Aluminum Casting Processes
3.1 History
3.2 Casting Process Selection
3.3 Casting Process Technology
3.4 Expendable Mold Gravity-Feed Casting Process and Its
Variations
3.5 Nonexpendable (Permanent) Mold Gravity Feed Casting
Process and Its Variations
3.6 Pressure Die Casting and Its Variations
3.7 Premium Engineered Castings
3.8 Other Process Technologies
Chapter 4: The Effects of Microstructure on Properties
4.1 Intermetallic Phases
4.2 Dendrite Arm Spacing
4.3 Grain Refinement
4.4 Aluminum-Silicon Eutectic Modification
4.5 Refinement of Hypereutectic Aluminum-Silicon Alloys
Chapter 5: The Influence and Control of Porosity and
Inclusions in Aluminum Castings
5.1 Hydrogen Porosity
5.2 Shrinkage Porosity
5.3 Inclusions
5.4 Combined Effects of Hydrogen, Shrinkage, and
Inclusions
5.5 Radiographic Inspection
Chapter 6: Hot Isostatic Pressing
6.1 The HIP Process
6.2 The Effect of HIP on Tensile Properties
6.3 The Effect of HIP on Fatigue Performance
6.4 Radiographic Inspection of HIPped Castings
Chapter 7: Heat Treatment of Aluminum Castings
7.1 Solution Heat Treatment
7.2 Quenching
7.3 Precipitation Heat Treating/Aging
7.4 Annealing
7.5 Stability
7.6 Residual Stresses
7.7 Troubleshooting Heat Treatment Problems
Chapter 8: Properties and Performance of Aluminum Castings
8.1 Compositions and Influence of Composition on
Characteristics
8.2 Physical Properties of Aluminum Casting Alloys
8.3 Typical and Minimum Mechanical Properties of Aluminum
Alloy Castings
8.4 Fatigue Properties of Aluminum Casting Alloys
8.5 Fracture Resistance of Aluminum Alloys
8.6 Subcritical Crack Growth
8.7 Corrosion Resistance
8.8 Properties of Cast Aluminum Matrix Composites
Data Set 1: Aging Response Curves
Data Set 2: Growth Curves
Data Set 3: Stress-Strain Curves
Data Set 4: Tensile Properties at High and Low Temperatures and
at Room Temperature after High-Temperature Exposure
Data Set 5: Creep-Rupture Properties
Data Set 6: Rotating-Beam Reversed-Bending Fatigue Curves
Appendix 1: Glossary of Terms
Appendix 2: Abbreviations and Symbols
Appendix 3: Test Specimen Drawings
Alloy Index
Subject Index
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