Enhancement of mechanical properties of hollow-strut foams: Analysis

Materials and Design

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1659-1666

  Fan, H L ^a,b   Fang, D N ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PLA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

B. Foams; E. Mechanical; F. Defects

Indexed keywords

B. FOAMS; BENDING STIFFNESS; BRITTLE FAILURES; BUCKLING STRENGTHS; DAMAGE TOLERANT; E. MECHANICAL; F. DEFECTS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDES; PLASTIC COLLAPSE STRENGTHS; RELATIVE DENSITIES; STIFFNESS ENHANCEMENTS;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE; STIFFNESS; STRUTS;

BUCKLING;

EID: 60249084701     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2008.07.016     Document Type: Article

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