Triaxial compression of aluminium foams

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1218-1234

  Ruan, D ^a   Lu, G ^a   Ong, L S ^b   Wang, B ^c  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Aluminium foam; B. Mechanical properties; B. Strength; B. Stress strain curves; C. Failure criterion

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FAILURE ANALYSIS; POISSON RATIO; STRAIN RATE; TENSILE STRENGTH; YIELD STRESS;

ALUMINIUM FOAM; RELATIVE DENSITY; TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION;

ALUMINUM;

COMPRESSION; DENSITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FOAM; LOADING (TESTING); METAL; STRAIN; STRENGTH; STRESS; TENSILE PROPERTY;

EID: 33846510863     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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