Modeling and identification of polyurethane foam in uniaxial compression: Combined elastic and viscoelastic response

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 5 B, Issue , 2003, Pages 1537-1546

  Ippili, Rajani K ^a   Widdle Jr , Richard D ^a   Davies, Patricia ^a   Bajaj, Anil K ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; DATA COMPRESSION; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYNOMIALS; VISCOELASTICITY;

STRAIN ENERGY FUNCTIONS; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSION;

POLYURETHANES;

EID: 1842631246     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2003/vib-48485     Document Type: Conference Paper

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