The effect of hole size upon the strength of metallic and polymeric foams

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2015-2030

  Fleck, N A ^a   Olurin, O B ^a   Chen, C ^a   Ashby, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohesive zone model; Foams; Monotonic and fatigue properties; Notch sensitivity; Transition flaw size

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DUCTILITY; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING;

METALLIC FOAMS; POLYMERIC FOAMS;

FOAMED PLASTICS;

EID: 0035451582     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5096(01)00033-3     Document Type: Article

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