Fracture toughness of Al replicated foam

Acta Materialia

Volumn 58, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 4590-4603

  Combaz, E ^a   Mortensen, A ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cellular material; Fracture; Infiltration; Porous material; Toughness

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE VALUES; CELLULAR MATERIAL; CLOSED CELLS; COMPACT TENSION SPECIMEN; CRACK BLUNTING; CRACK PLANE; CRACK TIP OPENING DISPLACEMENT; DUCTILE RUPTURE; ELASTO-PLASTIC; INITIATION TOUGHNESS; J VALUE; LOADING DIRECTION; MATRIX DUCTILITY; METAL FOAMS; OPEN-CELL FOAMS; PURE ALUMINIUM; R-CURVES; RELATIVE DENSITY; SIMPLE MODEL; STEADY-STATE PROPAGATION; TOUGHNESS TESTING;

CRACK TIPS; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; FOAMS; FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; METALS; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; STAINLESS STEEL; STRUTS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 77953870913     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2010.04.025     Document Type: Article

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