On the crushing response of random open-cell foams

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 49, Issue 19-20, 2012, Pages 2733-2743

  Gaitanaros, Stavros ^a   Kyriakides, Stelios ^a   Kraynik, Andrew M ^b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crushing response; Numerical modeling; Open cell foams; Random microstructure

Indexed keywords

AL-ALLOY; ALUMINUM ALLOY FOAMS; BEAM-TO-BEAM CONTACT; CELL DOMAINS; CELLULAR MICROSTRUCTURE; COMPLETE RESPONSE; COMPRESSIVE RESPONSE; CONTACT ALGORITHMS; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; DISCRETIZATIONS; ELASTIC REGIME; ELASTOPLASTIC MATERIALS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FINITE ELEMENT; LS-DYNA; MONO-DISPERSED; OPEN-CELL; OPEN-CELL FOAMS; OUTER SURFACE; POLYDISPERSES; RANDOM MICROSTRUCTURE; RIGID PLANES; SHEAR DEFORMABLE BEAMS; SOAP FROTH; STRESS PLATEAU; SURFACE EVOLVER SOFTWARE; TRANSVERSE DIRECTIONS; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY;

CRUSHING; CYTOLOGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODELS;

CELLS;

EID: 84864472275     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2012.03.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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