Deformation Mechanics of a Non-Linear Hyper-Viscoelastic Porous Material, Part II: Porous Material Micro-Scale Model

• Published in: Journal of dynamic behavior of materials Vol. 1; no. 3; pp. 249 - 258
• Main Authors: Salisbury, Christopher, Cronin, Duane, Lien, Fue-Sang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.09.2015
• Subjects: Chemistry and Materials Science; Materials Science; Metallic Materials; Solid Mechanics; Explicit numerical modeling; Dynamic deformation; Porous material; Wave speed; Foam morphology; Hyper-viscoelastic foam

Foam materials are widely used for energy absorbing applications, and are often addressed in a modeling environment at a macroscopic or continuum level by measuring the mechanical properties, which may be size dependent, and implementing the properties in a continuum-level constitutive model. Howeve...