Design optimization of continuously and discretely graded foam materials for efficient energy absorption

Materials and Design

Volumn 102, Issue , 2016, Pages 151-161

  Koohbor, Behrad ^a   Kidane, Addis ^a  

^a University of South Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

Constitutive response; Energy absorption; Functionally graded foam; Gradation; Optimization

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES;

ABSORPTION CHARACTERISTICS; ANALYTICAL APPROACH; CONSTITUTIVE RESPONSE; DEFORMATION RESPONSE; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED; GRADATION; LOAD-BEARING PERFORMANCE; UNI-AXIAL COMPRESSION;

ENERGY ABSORPTION;

EID: 84982276415     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2016.04.031     Document Type: Article

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