Influence of cellular imperfections on mechanical response of metallic foams

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 357-367

  Attia, M S ^a   Meguid, S A ^a   Tan, K T ^b   Yeo, S C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DSO NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (Singapore)

Author keywords

cellular solids; energy absorption; finite element (FE) modelling; foam; morphological imperfections

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR LEVELS; CELLULAR MATERIAL; CELLULAR SOLIDS; COLLAPSE LOADS; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; EMERGING MATERIALS; FE MODEL; FINITE-ELEMENT; FINITE-ELEMENT MODELS; GLOBAL RESPONSE; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-DENSITY; LOAD DEFORMATION; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; METALLIC FOAM; MODEL PARAMETERS; MORPHOLOGICAL IMPERFECTIONS; MULTICELL; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PARAMETRIC STUDY;

ABSORPTION; ENERGY ABSORPTION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 77957857401     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: 17542111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13588260903457748     Document Type: Article

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