Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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786181 | International Journal of Mechanical Sciences | 2006 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
A micromechanical analysis was carried out to investigate the effect of strut geometry on the yielding behaviour of open-cell foams. Different strut cross sections, in rectangular, circular and equilateral triangular shapes, were investigated. It was found that the strut geometry significantly affects the plastic-yielding behaviour of open-cell foams. The shape of the plastic-yield surface was found to depend not only on relative density but also on the cross-sectional shape of the struts. Numerical results show that even though the material of the struts is perfectly plastic, open-cell foams with asymmetrical sectional struts will exhibit different tensile and compressive collapse strength.
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Authors
L.S. Xie, K.C. Chan,