- Author
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Flores-Johnson, E. A.
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Li, Q. M.
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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
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Journal of Cellular Plastics,
Vol. 44,
No. 5,
415-434,
September 2008
- Keywords
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foam (materials)
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degradation
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deformation
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elastic properties
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equations
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compressing
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failure
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plastics
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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