Thesis (M.S. in Mechanical Engineering)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 1992. / Thesis Advisor: McNelley, T.R. "June 1992." Description based on title screen as viewed on April 16, 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. 52-53). Also available in print.

Thesis (m.s.)--University of Kentucky, 2004. / Title from document title page (viewed Jan. 5, 2005). Document formatted into pages; contains x, 112p. : ill. Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2005. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 203-209).

Aluminum alloys are of great interest to the automobile industry for vehicle mass reduction, which improves vehicle performance and reduces emissions. Hot forming processes, such as superplastic forming (SPF) and quick-plastic forming (QPF) have been developed to take advantage of the improved formability of certain aluminum materials at elevated temperature. Commercial fine-grained aluminum alloy AA5083 sheet is the most commonly used material in the SPF and QPF forming processes. Hot formability of AA5083 is often limited by material cavitation during forming, which makes understanding and controlling cavitation an issue of primary importance for improving hot sheet forming processes. The thermomechanical processing history of AA5083 can strongly affect superplastic performance, causing variations in formability between material lots. These variations are closely related to microstructure, and intermetallic particles are prime suspects for controlling cavitation behavior. However, there has been little more than anecdotal evidence available that these particles nucleate or influence cavitation. Interactions between intermetallic particles and cavities were, thus, analyzed using both two-dimensional (2-D) and three-dimensional (3-D) microstructure characterization techniques. Analysis of 3-D microstructures from AA5083 specimens deformed under conditions similar to the SPF and QPF processes provide conclusive proof that cavities form at specific types of intermetallic particles. Differences in cavitation between materials deformed under the SPF and QPF processes result from differences in deformation mechanisms. These differences are illustrated by the formation of filaments on fracture surfaces of superplastically deformed AA5083 specimens, which have been characterized. / text

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1997. / TM in title is superscripted on title page. Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 100-103). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1997. / TM in title is superscripted on title page. Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 100-103). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2008. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S. in Mechanical Engineering)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2004. / Thesis Advisor(s): Terry McNelley. Includes bibliographical references (p. 41-43). Also available online.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2004. / Supervisor: Eric M. Taleff. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.