- Author
- Flores-Johnson, E. A. | Li, Q. M. | Mines, R. A. W.
- Title
- Degradation of Elastic Modulus of Progressively Crushable Foams in Uniaxial Compression.
- Coporate
- Manchester Univ., M60 1QD, UK Liverpool Univ., L69 3GH, UK
- Journal
- Journal of Cellular Plastics, Vol. 44, No. 5, 415-434, September 2008
- Keywords
- foam (materials) | degradation | deformation | elastic properties | equations | compressing | failure | plastics | simulation
- Identifiers
- strain measurement; crushable foam; degradation of apparent elastic modulus; progressive crushing of a foam specimen under uniaxial compression; uniaxial compression tests; quasi-static uniaxial compression tests with unloading-reloading cycles; measured apparent elastic modulus and variation of the apparent elastic modulus; measured failure and lock-up strain; measured initial plastic strain and calculated initial plastic lock-up strain; ABAQUS finite element computer code Version 6.5