Study of the dynamic crushing behavior of cellular materials by using the voronoi random models

Jixie Qiangdu/Journal of Mechanical Strength

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 932-938

  Zhao, Longmao ^a   Song, Yanze ^a   Li, Zhiqiang ^a  

^a TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cellular material; Densification strain energy; Plateau crush pressure; Voronoi tessellation

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649095874     PISSN: 10019669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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