Mechanical properties of open cell foams: Simulations by Laguerre tesselation procedure

International Journal of Fracture

Volumn 140, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 305-312

  Kanaun, S ^a   Tkachenko, O ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Effective elastic properties; Homogenization; Open cell foams; Random space tessellation; Representative volume element

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; MICROSTRUCTURE; PORE SIZE;

LAGUERRE TESSELATION; OPEN-CELL FOAMS; RANDOM SPACE TESSELATION; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENT;

ELASTICITY;

EID: 33750366779     PISSN: 03769429     EISSN: 15732673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10704-006-0112-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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