Experimental analysis of deformation mechanisms in a closed-cell aluminum alloy foam

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 301-322

  Bastawros, A F ^a   Bart Smith, H ^a   Evans, A G ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; CONSTRAINT THEORY; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELASTICITY; FOAMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; OSCILLATIONS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; STRAIN RATE; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

CLOSED-CELL ALUMINUM ALLOY FOAMS; INHOMOGENEOUS MATERIALS; SURFACE DISPLACEMENT ANALYSIS;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0033906494     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5096(99)00035-6     Document Type: Article

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