Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1502917 Scripta Materialia 2006 5 Pages PDF
Abstract

We show that grading the porosity in a bent metal skin/metal foam core sandwich can generate significant weight savings in yield-limited design when, and only when, there is a gradient in the applied moment along the sandwich beam.

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Functional grading of metal foam cores for yield-limited lightweight sandwich beams
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