Alulight - Aluminum foam for lightweight construction

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Simancik, Frantisek ^a   Rajner, Walter ^b   Laag, Rainhard ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS AND MACHINE MECHANICS   (Slovakia)

^b Non Ferrum of America LP   (United States)

^c Alulight GmbH

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM FOAM; HOLLOW PARTS; LIGHT-WEIGHT CONSTRUCTIONS; LOAD-BEARING COMPONENTS; MULTIPLE IMPACT; NOISE AND VIBRATION; PEAK STRESS; WEIGHT RATIOS;

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING;

EID: 85072455318     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2000-01-0337     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (12)

1. Gibson, L.J., Ashby, M.F.,: Cellular Solids, Pergamon Press, Oxford (1988).
2. Banhart, J.,: Proc. of Fraunhofer USA "Metal Foam" Symposium, Eds: Banhart J., Eifert H., MIT-Publishing Bremen (1998), p. 3
3. Simancik, F.,: In. Metal Foams and Porous Metal Structures, Ed. by Banhart J., Ashby M.F., Fleck N.A., Verlag MIT Publishing, Bremen, 1999, p. 235.
4. Ashby, M.F., et al.,: Metal Foams and Design Guide, Cambridge Centre for Micromechanics, UK, August 1998.
5. Gergely, V., and Clyne, T.W.,: In. Metal Foams and Porous Metal Structures, Ed. by Banhart J., Ashby M.F., Fleck N.A., Verlag MIT Publishing, Bremen, 1999, p. 83.
6. Allen, B.C.,: US Patent 3 087 807 (1963).
7. Schoerghuber, F., Simancik, F., Hartl, E.,: US Patent 5 865 237 (1999).
8. Kovacik, J., Simancik, F.,: Scripta Mater., 39 2 (1998), p. 239.
9. Lorenzi, L., Fuganti, A.,: Aluminium foam applications for impact energy absorbing structures. SAE technical paper N. 970015.
10. Kovacik, J., Tobolka, P., Simancik, F.,: In. Metal Foams and Porous Metal Structures, Ed. by Banhart J., Ashby M.F., Fleck N.A., Verlag MIT Publishing, Bremen, 1999, p. 405.
11. Simancik, F., Schoerghuber, F.,: Complex foamed aluminum parts as permanent cores in aluminium castings. MRS -Symposium Proceesings Vol. 521, 1998, p. 151.
12. Hoepler, T., Schoerghuber, F., Simancik, F.,: In. Metal Foams and Porous Metal Structures, Ed. by Banhart J., Ashby M.F., Fleck N.A., Verlag MIT Publishing, Bremen, 1999, p. 79.