Constitutive modeling and material characterization of polymeric foams

Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 284-291

  Yee, A F ^a   Lin, Z ^a   Wong, A ^a   Kikuchi, N ^a   Li, V C ^a   Nusholtz, G S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYSTYRENES; POLYURETHANES; STRAIN RATE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

PHENOMENOLOGICAL HYDRODYNAMIC ELASTOPLASTIC CONSTITUTIVE LAW; SHEAR TEST;

FOAMED PLASTICS;

EID: 0031192755     PISSN: 00944289     EISSN: 15288889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2812258     Document Type: Article

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