Al matrix syntactic foam fabricated with bimodal ceramic microspheres

Materials and Design

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2732-2736

  Tao, X F ^a   Zhang, L P ^a   Zhao, Y Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR SOLIDS; CERAMIC MICROSPHERES; ENERGY ABSORPTION CAPABILITIES; MATRIXES; METAL MATRICES; PLATEAU STRESS; SIZE RANGES; SYNTACTIC FOAMS;

ABSORPTION; ALUMINUM; ENERGY ABSORPTION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSPHERES; POROSITY; SYNTACTICS;

CERAMIC FOAMS;

EID: 67349163195     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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