Cellular metals

Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 288-303

  Evans, Anthony G ^a   Hutchinson, John W ^a   Ashby, Michael F ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ai bending coefficients; B panel width; B thickness of foam; Bi Biot number; C core thickness; D diameter of open cell ligaments; E Young's modulus of cellular material; Ef E for face sheets; Es E for cell walls

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001731411     PISSN: 13590286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0286(98)80105-8     Document Type: Article

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