Functionally graded foam material system for energy absorption

International SAMPE Technical Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Hossain, Mohammad K ^a   Liu, Qunli ^a   O'Toole, Brendan J ^a  

^a University of Nevada Las Vegas   (United States)

Author keywords

Characterization; Energy absorption; Foam materials

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION CHARACTERISTICS; ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTS; BODY ARMORS; CHARACTERIZATION; COMPRESSIVE MECHANICAL BEHAVIORS; CRUSHING BEHAVIORS; FOAM MATERIALS; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED; IMPACT DAMAGES; INNOVATIVE MATERIALS; LOAD-DEFLECTION CURVES; LOWER DENSITIES; MATERIAL SYSTEMS; MODERN STRUCTURES; NON-UNIFORM; POLYMER FOAMS; PROGRESSIVE DAMAGES; QUASI-STATIC LOADINGS; SCANNING ELECTRONS; STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS; THIN LAYERS;

ABSORPTION; ARMOR; AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CRUSHING; DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); ENERGY ABSORPTION; EPOXY RESINS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS; MATERIALS SCIENCE; MILITARY VEHICLES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; RESINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MATERIALS;

EID: 80053827692     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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