Investigation on elastic properties of closed-cell Voronoi foam

Hangkong Xuebao/Acta Aeronautica et Astronautica Sinica

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 574-578

  Wang, Song ^a   Lu, Zi Xing ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Foam; Mechanical properties; Microstructure

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; ERRORS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

RANDOM DISTURBANCE; RELATIVE DENSITY; SHELL ELEMENT; VORONOI FOAM;

FOAMS;

EID: 33846914310     PISSN: 10006893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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