Metal Foams - Fundamentals and Applications

This book offers the first full-scale technical treatment of an important class of engineered porous materials: metal foams. Written by a team of metal foam experts from around the world, the volume offers new, as well as fundamental, information on all aspects of metal foams, including their theory...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Dukhan, Nihad
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Lancaster, Pa DEStech Publications 2013
Subjects
Composites
Mechanics & Design
Metal Based Composites
Metals & Metallurgy
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ISBN9781605950143
1605950149

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Table of Contents:
  • Title Page Introduction Preface Table of Contents 1. Manufacturing Processes for Metal Foams 2. Principles of Fluid Flow through Open-Cell Metal Foam 3. Numerical Simulation of the Flow through Metallic Foams: Multi-Scale Modeling and Experimental Validation 4. Tomography Based Material Model and Simulation of Deformation 5. Yield/Failure Criteria, Constitutive Models, and Crashworthiness Applications of Metal Foams 6. Heat Transfer in Metal Foams 7. Acoustic Properties and Applications 8. Porous Metals and Metallic Foams in Orthopedic Applications 9. Aluminum Foam Applications 10. Fabrication, Properties and Applications of Lotus-Type Porous Metals Index