Gravitational effects on closed-cellular-foam microstructure

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 267-271

  Noever, David A ^a   Cronise, Raymond J ^a   Wessling, Francis C ^b   McMannus, Samuel P ^b   Mathews, John ^b   Patel, Darayas ^b  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Alabama in Huntsville   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; FOAMED PLASTICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUCLEATION; POLYURETHANES; POROSITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

CLOSED CELLULAR FOAM MICROSTRUCTURE; EXPONENTIAL LAW; FOAM FORMATION; GAUSSIAN MODEL; POLYURETHANE FOAM; PORE SIZE; STANDARD DEVIATION; VOID SIZE; WEIBULL MODEL;

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS;

EID: 0030110683     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.26751     Document Type: Article

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