Numerical simulation of drop weight impact behaviour of closed cell aluminium foam

Materials and Design

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2823-2830

  Rajendran, R ^a   Moorthi, A ^a   Basu, S ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Closed cell foam; Displacement; Energy; Reaction force

Indexed keywords

AXIAL CRUSHING; AXIAL IMPACT; CLOSED CELL FOAM; CLOSED-CELL ALUMINIUM FOAM; COARSE MESHES; DISPLACEMENT; DROP WEIGHT IMPACT; ENERGY; FREE FALL; IMPACT VELOCITIES; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MESH REFINEMENT; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PARAMETRIC STUDY; QUASI-STATIC; REACTION FORCE; VARIOUS DENSITIES;

ALUMINUM; DROPS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 67349248854     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2009.01.026     Document Type: Article

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