Degradation of elastic modulus of progressively crushable foams in uniaxial compression

Journal of Cellular Plastics

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 415-434

  Flores Johnson, E A ^a   Li, Q M ^a   Mines, R A W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crushable foam; Degradation of apparent elastic modulus; Strain measurement

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; CONCRETE PAVEMENTS; DEFORMATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FORECASTING;

CRUSHABLE FOAM; DEGRADATION OF APPARENT ELASTIC MODULUS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; UNI-AXIAL COMPRESSION;

DATA COMPRESSION;

EID: 51049119600     PISSN: 0021955X     EISSN: 15307999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021955X08095113     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Fatima, Vaz M. and Fortes, M.A. (1993). Characterization of Deformation Bands in the Compression of Cellular Materials, Journal of Materials Science Letters, 12 (17). 1408-1410.
2. Li, Q.M. and Mines, R.A.W. (2002). Strain Measures for Rigid Crushable Foam in Uniaxial Compression, Strain, 38 (4). 132-140.
3. Li, Q.M., Magkiriadis, I. and Harrigan, J.J. (2006). Compressive Strain at the Onset of Densification of Cellular Solids, Journal of Cellular Plastics, 42 (5). 371-392.
4. Calladine, C.R. and English, R.W. (1984). Strain-rate and Inertia Effects in the Collapse of Two Types of Energy-absorbing Structure, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 26 (11). 689-701.
5. Gibson, L.J. and Ashby, M.F. (1997). Cellular Solids: Structure and Properties. 2 nd edn, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
6. Zhang, J., Kikuchi, N., Li, V., Yee, A. and Nusholtz, G. (1998). Constitutive Modeling of Polymeric Foam Material Subjected to Dynamic Crash Loading, International Journal of Impact Engineering, 21 (5). 369-386.
7. Elliott, J.A., A.H., W., Hobdell, J.R., Eeckhaut, G., Oldman, R.J., Ludwig, W., Boller, E., Cloetens, P. and Baruchel, J. (2002). In-situ Deformation of an Open-cell Flexible Polyurethane Foam Characterised by 3D Computed Microtomography, Journal of Materials Science, 37 (8). 1547-1555.
8. Rodrguez-Prez, M.A., Dez-Gutirrez, S. and De Saja, J.A. (1998). The Recovery Behavior of Crosslinked Closed Cell Polyolefin Foams, Polymer Engineering & Science, 38 (5). 831-837.
9. Rodrguez-Prez, M.A., Velasco, J.I., Arencn, D., Almanza, O. and De Saja, J.A. (2000). Mechanical Characterization of Closed-cell Polyolefin Foams, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 75 (1). 156-166.
10. Li, Q.M. and Mines, R.A.W. (1999). Strain Localization in Rigid Crushable Foam During Uniaxial Compression, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Impact Research Centre Report No. IRC/183/99.
11. Sinha, B.P., Gerstle, K.H. and Tulin, G.L. (1964). Stress-Strain Relations for Concrete Under Cyclic Loading, Journal of American Concrete Institute, 61 (2). 195-212.
12. Lam, L., Teng, J.G., Cheung, C.H. and Xiao, Y. (2006). FRP-confined Concrete under Axial Cyclic Compression, Cement and Concrete Composites, 28 (10). 949-958.
13. Imran, I. and Pantazopoulou, S.J. (1996). Experimental Study of Plain Concrete under Triaxial Stress, ACI Materials Journal, 93 (6). 589-601.
14. Lemaitre, J. and Chaboche, J.L. (1990). Mechanics of Solid Materials, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
15. Breitenbcher, R., Ibuk, H. and Alawieh, H. (2007). Influence of Cyclic Loading on the Degradation of Mechanical Concrete Properties, Advances in Construction Materials 2007, Springler Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, pp. 317-324.
16. Li, Q.M., Mines, R.A.W. and Birch, R.S. (2000). The Crush Behaviour of Rohacell-51WF Structural Foam, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 37 (43). 6321-6341.
17. Kuwabara, A., Ozasa, M., Shimokawa, T., Watanabe, N. and Nomoto, K. (2005). Basic Mechanical Properties of Balloon-type TEEK-L Polyimide-foam and TEEK-L Filled Aramid-honeycomb Core Materials for Sandwich Structures, Advanced Composite Materials, 14 (4). 343-363.
18. Gdoutos, E.E. and Abot, J.L. (2002). Indentation of a PVC Cellular Foam, Recent Advances in Experimental Mechanics, Kluwer Academics Publishers, pp. 55-64.
19. Gdoutos, E.E., Daniel, I.M. and Wang, K.-A. (2002). Failure of Cellular Foams under Multiaxial Loading, Composites Part A, Applied Science and Manufacturing, 33 (2). 163-176.
20. Koissin, V. and Shipsha, A. (2006). Deformation of Foam Cores in Uniaxial Compression-Tension Cycle, Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials, 8 (5). 395-406.
21. Mines, R.A.W. and Alias, A. (2002). Numerical Simulation of the Progressive Collapse of Polymer Composite Sandwich Beams under Static Loading, Composites Part A, Applied Science and Manufacturing, 33 (1). 11-26.
22. Papka, S.D. and Kyriakides, S. (1994). In-plane Compressive Response and Crushing of Honeycomb, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 42 (10). 1499-1532.
23. Papka, S.D. and Kyriakides, S. (1998). Experiments and Full-scale Numerical Simulations of In-plane Crushing of a Honeycomb, Acta Materialia, 46 (8). 2765-2776.
24. Sugimura, Y., Meyer, J., He, M.Y., Bart-Smith, H., Grenstedt, J. and Evans, A.G. (1997). On the Mechanical Performance of Closed Cell Al Alloy Foams, Acta Materialia, 45 (12). 5245-5259.
25. Hanssen, A.G., Hopperstad, O.S., Langseth, M. and Ilstad, H. (2002). Validation of Constitutive Models Applicable to Aluminium Foams, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 44 (2). 359-406.
26. Mohr, D. and Doyoyo, M. (2003). Nucleation and Propagation of Plastic Collapse Bands in Aluminum Honeycomb, Journal of Applied Physics, 94 (4). 2262-2270.
27. Yang, M. and Qiao, P. (2008). Quasi-static Crushing Behavior of Aluminum Honeycomb Materials, Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials, 10 (2). 133-160.