Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1582139 Materials Science and Engineering: A 2008 5 Pages PDF
Abstract

The compressive mechanical properties of uniform and density-graded Al-6061 foams, produced by replication of polymer foams, are measured. While the uniform foam shows compressive behavior characteristic of conventional (uniform) metallic foams with a near constant plateau stress, the density-graded foam exhibits a smoothly rising plateau stress. This behavior is modeled using a simple series composite model based on semi-empirical scaling relationships for the compressive behavior of uniform foams.

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