Effect of heat treatments on the crushing behaviour and energy absorbing performance of aluminium alloy foams

Materials and Design

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 977-982

  Wang, Zhihua ^a,b   Li, Zhiqiang ^b   Ning, Jianguo ^a   Zhao, Longmao ^b  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aluminium alloy foam; Compressive strength; Densification; Energy absorption; Heat treatment

Indexed keywords

ALUMINIUM ALLOY FOAM; ALUMINIUM ALLOYS; COMPRESSIVE TESTS; DENSIFICATION BEHAVIOURS; ENERGY ABSORBERS; ENERGY ABSORBING CAPACITIES; MG ALLOYS; STATIC AND DYNAMICS; TREATMENT METHODS;

ALLOYS; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CRUSHING; ENERGY ABSORPTION; HEAT TREATING FURNACES; HEAT TREATMENT; LIGHT METALS; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SILICON; SILICON ALLOYS; STRAIN RATE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 57249115124     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2008.06.058     Document Type: Article

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