Pore characteristics and their effects on the material properties of foamed concrete evaluated using micro-CT images and numerical approaches

SY Chung, C Lehmann, M Abd Elrahman, D Stephan - Applied Sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
Foamed concrete contains numerous pores inside the material, and these pores are a
significant factor determining the material characteristics. In particular, the pore distribution …

Deformation failure mechanism and constitutive model of gradient aluminum foam under impact loading

X Liu, Y Wang, X He, H Liu, S Cao - Composite Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
The dynamic mechanical response and energy absorption characteristics of gradient
aluminum foam under impact loading with strain rates of 150 s− 1, 340 s− 1, and 550 s− 1 …

Additive manufacturing of packings for rotating packed beds

K Gładyszewski, M Skiborowski - Chemical Engineering and Processing …, 2018 - Elsevier
HIGEE technology and rotating packed beds (RPB) in specific, gained a lot of interest for
industrial processes intensification in recent years. Yet, most of the investigations were …

Fabrication of aluminum foams with small pore size by melt foaming method

Y Cheng, Y Li, X Chen, T Shi, Z Liu, N Wang - Metallurgical and Materials …, 2017 - Springer
This article introduces an improvement to the fabrication of aluminum foams with small pore
size by melt foaming method. Before added to the melt, the foaming agent (titanium hydride) …

Deformation behaviour of in-situ TiB2 reinforced A357 aluminium alloy composite foams under compressive and impact loading

UA Atturan, SH Nandam, BS Murty… - Materials Science and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract In-situ A357-xTiB 2 (x= 5, 10 wt%) composite foams were prepared through liquid
melt route using TiH 2 as blowing agent. The deformation and energy absorption …

Processing and characterization of in-situ TiB2 stabilized closed cell aluminium alloy composite foams

UA Atturan, SH Nandam, BS Murty, S Sankaran - Materials & Design, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract A357 (Al–7Si–0.6 Mg)-xTiB 2 (x= 5, 10 wt.%) in-situ composites processed by the
salt-melt reaction method were successfully foamed by melt processing with the addition of …

The effect of unintended porosity on the first compressive stress maximum of alumina hollow sphere-filled bimodal composite metal foams

A Kemény, T Bubonyi, IN Orbulov - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Bimodal composite metal foams made from Al99. 5 aluminium and quasi-eutectic Sr-
modified AlSi12 matrix were investigated, where the bimodality was introduced by two …

The benefits of structural disorder in natural cellular solids

DA van Egmond, B Yu, S Choukir, S Fu… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2021 - arxiv.org
Structural cellular materials in nature, such as wood, trabecular bone, corals, and dentin
combine complex biological functions with structural roles, such as skeletal support and …

Numerical modeling and experimental behavior of closed-cell aluminum foam fabricated by the gas blowing method under compressive loading

V Sharma, F Zivic, N Grujovic, N Babcsan, J Babcsan - Materials, 2019 - mdpi.com
This paper deals with the experimental and numerical study of closed-cell aluminum-based
foam under compressive loading. Experimental samples were produced by the gas blowing …

A novel method for contact analysis of rubber and various surfaces using micro-computerized-tomography

A Kriston, T Fülöp, NA Isitman, O Kotecký… - Polymer Testing, 2016 - Elsevier
The experimental analysis of the contact state in a tribosystem is of great importance in the
study of contact mechanics. In order to make a realistic analysis on the micro scale, it is …