A Methodology for Obtaining Material Properties of Polymeric Foam at Elevated Temperatures

Experimental Mechanics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-15

  Zhang, S ^a   Dulieu Barton, J M ^a   Fruehmann, R K ^a   Thomsen, O T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

DIC; Polymeric foam core material; Sandwich structures; Thermal degradation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY AND PRECISION; COMPRESSIVE MODULI; CORRELATION PARAMETERS; CROSS SECTION; DIC; DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATIONS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; FOAM SHEET; MATERIAL PROPERTY; NON-UNIFORM STRAIN; NONLINEAR REDUCTION; POISSON'S RATIO; POLYMERIC FOAMS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STRAIN DATA; THERMAL DEGRADATIONS; YOUNG'S MODULUS; D. DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATION (DIC); POLYMERIC FOAM CORE MATERIALS;

COREMAKING; DATA HANDLING; DEGRADATION; ELASTICITY; LOAD TESTING; MATERIALS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; POISSON RATIO; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; STIFFNESS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; DATA PROCESSING; ELASTIC MODULI; PYROLYSIS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84856091387     PISSN: 00144851     EISSN: 17412765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11340-011-9519-7     Document Type: Article

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