AlSi7 metallic foams- Aspects of material modelling for crash analysis

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 269-285

  Avalle, Massimiliano ^a   Lehmhus, Dirk ^b   Peroni, Lorenzo ^a   Pleteit, Hermann ^b   Schmiechen, Philipp ^c   Belingardi, Giovanni ^a   Busse, Matthias ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY AND ADVANCED MATERIALS IFAM   (Germany)

^c IAV GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aluminium foam; High strain rate testing; Hydrostatic compression; Material model; Uniaxial compression

Indexed keywords

ALUMINIUM FOAM; HIGH STRAIN RATE TESTING; HYDROSTATIC COMPRESSION; MATERIAL MODEL; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSION;

ALUMINUM; COMPRESSION TESTING; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATERIALS; SIMULATORS; STRAIN HARDENING; TENSILE TESTING;

STRAIN RATE;

EID: 68649110286     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: 17542111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13588260802445836     Document Type: Article

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