Compressive and tensile behaviour of aluminum foams

Materials Science and Engineering: A

Volumn 270, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 113-124

  Andrews, E ^a   Sanders, W ^a   Gibson, L J ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum foams; Cellular microstructure; Compressive behaviour; Tensile behaviour

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DEFECTS; ELASTIC MODULI; FOAMS; LIQUID METALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; STRETCHING; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ALUMINUM FOAMS; CELLULAR MICROSTRUCTURE;

ALUMINUM;

ALUMINUM; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FOAM; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0345504118     PISSN: 09215093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-5093(99)00170-7     Document Type: Article

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