A unified phenomenological model for tensile and compressive response of polymeric foams

Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 0110091-0110096

  Walter, Timothy R ^a   Richards, Andrew W ^b   Subhash, Ghatu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMERS;

APPROPRIATE MODELS; COMPRESSIVE RESPONSE; COMPRESSIVE STRESS STRAINS; ENGINEERING PARAMETERS; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELING; TENSION AND COMPRESSION; ULTIMATE TENSILE STRENGTH;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 67650165582     PISSN: 00944289     EISSN: 15288889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3026556     Document Type: Conference Paper

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