25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-4.9.3

MAGNESIUM CASTINGS FOR AIRCRAFTS

A. Wendt, B. Bronfin*, A. Ben- Dov**, J. Townsend***, S. Mahmood***
RWP GmbH, Germany; *Magnesium Research Institute; **Israel Aircraft Industries, Israel; ***Stone Foundries Ltd.

Keywords: Magnesium alloys, castings, aircraft, mechanical properties, modelling

Magnesium has a large potential to reduce aircraft weight due to low specific weight and good castability. Advanced Magnesium alloys have been developed to fulfil the high demands on high strength and good corrosion properties. Reference castings and protoype castings for aircrafts are produced to demonstrate the excellent casting properties.

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