Strain measures for rigid crushable foam in uniaxial compression

Strain

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 132-140

  Li, Q M ^a   Mines, R A W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crushable foam; Strain localisation; Strain measurement

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; DEFORMATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FOAMS; VISCOELASTICITY;

UNIAXIAL COMPRESSION;

STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0036860752     PISSN: 00392103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-1305.2002.00029.x     Document Type: Article

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