Constitutive modeling of aluminum foam including fracture and statistical variation of density

European Journal of Mechanics, A/Solids

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 815-835

  Reyes, A ^a   Hopperstad, O S ^a   Berstad, T ^a   Hanssen, A G ^a   Langseth, M ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aluminum foam; Constitutive relations; Finite element method; Fracture; Inhomogeneous foam

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STRAIN HARDENING; STRAIN RATE; YIELD STRESS;

ALUMINUM FOAMS; CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS; FOAM DENSITY; INHOMOGENEOUS FOAMS;

FOAMS;

EID: 0742298518     PISSN: 09977538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euromechsol.2003.08.001     Document Type: Article

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