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Architectural design of advanced aluminum matrix composites: a review of recent developments

Behzad Sadeghia Centre of Excellence for Advanced Materials Application, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak RepublicCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Pasquale Cavaliereb Department of Innovation Engineering, University of Salento, Lecce, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Catalin Iulian Pruncuc Design, Manufacturing and Engineering Management, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland
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Martin Baloga Centre of Excellence for Advanced Materials Application, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic;d Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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Moara Marques de Castroa Centre of Excellence for Advanced Materials Application, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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Rajni Chahale Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, USA
Pages 1-71 | Published online: 25 May 2022

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