Toughness of aluminum alloy foams

Acta Materialia

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2331-2343

  McCullough, K Y G ^a   Fleck, N A ^a   Ashby, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; BRITTLENESS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CRACK PROPAGATION; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL TESTING; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ALUMINUM ALLOY FOAMS;

FOAMS;

EID: 0032664833     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-6454(99)00125-1     Document Type: Article

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