A numerical study of large deformations of low-density elastomeric open-cell foams

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 125-140

  Shulmeister, V ^a,b   Van Der Burg, M W D ^a   Van Der Giessen, E ^a   Marissen, R ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b TCF Mees Pierson   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3D; FE; Mechanical properties; Modelling; Nonlinear analysis; Open cell foam; Voronoi tessellation

Indexed keywords

BEARING CAPACITY; BENDING (DEFORMATION); BUCKLING; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; DEFORMATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ELASTOMERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN; STRUTS; TENSILE STRESS;

LOW-DENSITY ELASTOMERIC OPEN-CELL FOAMS; VORONOI TESSELATION;

FOAMED PLASTICS;

EID: 0032182848     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6636(98)00033-7     Document Type: Article

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