Influence of cell wall shape and density on the mechanical behaviour of 2D foam structures

Acta Materialia

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1335-1345

  Harders, Harald ^a,b   Hupfer, Knut ^c   Rösler, Joachim ^b  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c IAV GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elastic behaviour; Finite element analysis; Metal foam; Vorono structure; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CELLULAR MATERIALS; ELASTIC BEHAVIOR; METAL FOAMS; VORONOÏ STRUCTURES;

FOAMS;

EID: 13444278604     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2004.11.025     Document Type: Article

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