The effects of heat transfer and poisson's ratio on the compressive response of closed-cell polymer foams

Cellular Polymers

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 87-109

  Mills, N J ^a   Gilchrist, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT CONVECTION; HOT PRESSING; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STRAIN; STRAIN HARDENING;

CLOSED CELL POLYMER FOAMS; POISSON'S RATIO; STRESS/STRAIN CURVE;

FOAMED PLASTICS;

EID: 0030712484     PISSN: 02624893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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