Correlation between the acoustic and porous cell morphology of polyurethane foam: Effect of interconnected porosity

Materials and Design

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 319-325

  Zhang, Chunhua ^a   Li, Junqing ^b   Hu, Zhen ^a   Zhu, Fenglei ^a   Huang, Yudong ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Foams; Microstructure; Polymers

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; ABSORPTION PROPERTY; CELL MORPHOLOGY; CELL SIZE; CLOSED CELLS; FOAM MATERIAL; INTERCONNECTED PORES; INTERCONNECTED POROSITY; INTERNAL TRANSMISSION; LOSS MECHANISMS; LOW FREQUENCY; LOW FREQUENCY BAND; OPEN POROSITY; POLYURETHANE FOAM; POLYURETHANE MATERIALS; SOUND ABSORPTION;

BLOWING AGENTS; CELLS; DRIERS (MATERIALS); FOAMS; FREQUENCY BANDS; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLYMERS; POLYURETHANES; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS;

CYTOLOGY;

EID: 84861688130     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2012.04.031     Document Type: Article

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