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Reduction In Young's Modulus Of Aluminum Foams Due To Cell Wall Curvature And Corrugation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

W. Sanders  and
L. J. Gibson
W. Sanders
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, ljgibson@mit.edu
L. J. Gibson
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, ljgibson@mit.edu
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Abstract

Measurements of the Young's modulus and compressive strength of several closedcell aluminum foams indicate that they are lower than expected from models for foam behaviour. Microstructural characterization has revealed that there are a number of defects in the cell structure which may contribute to the reduction in mechanical properties. These include: cell wall curvature, cell wall corrugations, density variations and non-equiaxed cell shape. Finite element analysis of a closed-cell tetrakaidecahedral unit cell with idealized curved or corrugated cell walls indicates that these two types of defects can reduce the Young's modulus and compressive strength by up to 70%. In this paper we report the results of measurements of the curvature of the cell walls and of the amplitude and frequency of corrugations in the cell walls and use simple bounds to estimate the reduction in modulus that they are responsible for.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 521: Symposium R – Porous & Cellular Materials for Structural Applications , 1998 , 53
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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