On the crushing of aluminum open-cell foams: Part I. Experiments

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 617-634

  Jang, Wen Yea ^a   Kyriakides, Stelios ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Crushing; Foams

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; DEFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIGAMENTS; LIGHT METALS; MEDICAL IMAGING; STRUCTURAL LOADS; TOMOGRAPHY;

ALUMINIUM; AND MODELING; AVERAGE STRAINS; CELL SIZES; COMPRESSIVE RESPONSES; DISPLACEMENT RATES; DISPLACEMENT RESPONSES; LIMIT LOADS; LOCAL DEFORMATIONS; METALLIC FOAMS; MONOTONICALLY; NEIGHBORING CELLS; PLASTIFICATION; RELATIVE DENSITIES; TRANSVERSE DIRECTIONS; UNIFORM SIZES; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHIES;

CRUSHING;

EID: 58149483751     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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