Rigid polyurethane foam as an energy absorbing core for composite components manufactured by resin transfer moulding (RTM) part II: Prediction of properties and validation of constitutive models

Cellular Polymers

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 14-34

  Carruthers, J J ^a   Robinson, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY ABSORPTION; FOAMS; MODELS; MOLDING; POLYMERS; RIGID FOAMED PLASTICS;

COMPOSITE COMPONENTS; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; ENERGY ABSORBING CORE; RESIN TRANSFER MOULDING; RIGID POLYURETHANE FOAM;

POLYURETHANES;

EID: 0030736193     PISSN: 02624893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Carruthers J.J. and Robinson A.M., "Rigid Polyurethane Foam as an Energy Absorbing Core for Components Manufactured by Resin Transfer Moulding (RTM), Part I: Determination of Properties", Cell. Poly., Vol. 16, No. 1, 1997, 1
2. Bilkhu S.S., Founas M., Nusholtz G.S. and Du Bois P., "Techniques for Numerical Modelling of Cellular Materials Using Material Models #5, #10, #41 in LS-DYNA3D", Proceedings of the Second International LS-DYNA3D Conference, San Francisco, (1994)
3. Chang F. S. and Hallquist J. O., " A Correlation and Validation Study of the Foam Material Model (57) of LS-DYNA3D, Proceedings of the Second International LS-DYNA3D Conference, San Francisco, (1994)
4. Chou C.C., Lim G., Zhao Y. & Lin T.L., "Development of Foam Models Using DYNA3D", Proceedings of the Second International LS-DYNA3D Conference, San Francisco, (1994)
5. DistinK.W., " Some Aspects of the Crashworthiness of Rail Vehicles, Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, The University of Sheffield, (1995)
6. Rusch K.C., "Energy-Absorbing Characteristics of Foamed Polymers", J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 14, (1970), 1433
7. Sherwood J.A. and Frost C. C., "Constitutive Modeling and Simulation of Energy Absorbing Polyurethane Foam Under Impact Loading", Polym. Eng. Sci., 32, (1992), 1138
8. Gibson L.J. and Ashby M.F., Cellular Solids - Structure and Properties, Pergamon Press, Oxford, (1988)
9. Roff W.F. and Scott J.R., Fibres, Films, Plastics and Rubbers - A Handbook of Common Polymers, Butterworths, London, (1971)
10. Kemp S., Foam Technology Ltd., Private Communication, (1996)
11. Patel M.R. and Finnie I., "Structural Features and Mechanical Properties of Cellular Plastics", J. Mater., 5, (1970), 909
12. Reitz D.W., Schuetz M.A. and Glicksman L.R., J. Cell. Plast., 20, (1984), 104.
13. Maji A.K., Schreyer H.L., Donald S., Zuo Q. and Satpathi D., 'Mechanical Properties of Polyurethane Foam Impact Limiters", J. Eng. Mech., 121, (1995), 528
14. Sinha S.C., Mitchell J.O., Lim G.G. and Chou C.C., Constitutive Modeling of Energy Absorbing Foams", SAE Paper No. 940880, (1994)