Survey on Mechanical Potential of Al-based Casting Alloys

The present chapter is aimed at constituting the basis for the elaboration of a new CEN Document on Mechanical Potential of Al Foundry alloys, presenting \uf0a7 a survey of the reference-dies currently employed for testing the mechanical behaviour of Al foundry alloys (Paragraph 2.), \uf0a7 a survey of the tensile stress vs strain curves correspondingly achieved for various alloys (Paragraph 3.) \uf0a7 a survey of the current and former standards, such as ASTM, AFNOR and UNI (Paragraph 4.)