Preliminary investigation of aluminium foam as an energy absorber for nuclear transportation cask

Materials and Design

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1732-1739

  Rajendran, R ^a   Prem Sai, K ^a   Chandrasekar, B ^a   Gokhale, A ^b   Basu, S ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b DEFENCE METALLURGICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Closed cell aluminium foam; Transportation cask

Indexed keywords

CLOSED CELL ALUMINUM FOAM; ENERGY ABSORBER; NUCLEAR TRANSPORTATION CASK; STRESS-STRAIN DIAGRAM;

COMPRESSION TESTING; FOAMS; STRAIN; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; STRESSES;

ALUMINUM;

ALUMINUM; COMPRESSION TESTING; FOAMS; STRAIN; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; STRESSES;

EID: 46549087404     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2008.03.028     Document Type: Article

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