A numerical investigation of the dynamic behaviour of functionally graded foams

IUTAM Bookseries

Volumn 19, Issue , 2010, Pages 15-24

  Kiernan, Stephen ^a   Cui, Liang ^a   Gilchrist, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Aluminium foam; Energy absorption; Impact; Polymer foam; Stress wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC WAVES; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; STRAIN RATE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ALUMINIUM FOAM; EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE; IMPACT; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; POLYMER FOAMS; STRESS WAVE PROPAGATION; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSIVE TESTS; WAVE PROPAGATION CONDITIONS;

FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS;

EID: 78649632942     PISSN: 18753507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3771-8_2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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