Foam structure: From soap froth to solid foams

MRS Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 275-278

  Kraynik, Andrew M ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular solids; Computer simulations; Foams; Structure property relationships

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOAMS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); VOLUME FRACTION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

FOAM STRUCTURE; SOAP FROTH; SOLID FOAMS; STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONSHIP;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

EID: 0038399842     PISSN: 08837694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/mrs2003.80     Document Type: Article

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