Analysis of the high strain compression of open-cell foams

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 45, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 1875-1899

  Zhu, H X ^a   Mills, N J ^a   Knott, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. buckling; B. elastic material; B. finite deflections; B. foam material; B. polymeric material

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BENDING (DEFORMATION); BUCKLING; COMPRESSION TESTING; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; STRAIN; TORSIONAL STRESS;

OPEN CELL FOAMS; POISSON'S RATIO;

FOAMED PLASTICS;

EID: 0031270846     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5096(97)00027-6     Document Type: Article

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