Manufacturing, characterization and applications of lightweight metallic foams for structural applications

P Patel, PP Bhingole, D Makwana - Materials Today: Proceedings, 2018 - Elsevier
Metallic foam becomes most promising class of material in industrial and scientific area due
to advantages of unique combination of mechanical properties like lower weight, high …

Investigation of microstructural and mechanical properties of cell walls of closed-cell aluminium alloy foams

MA Islam, MA Kader, PJ Hazell, AD Brown… - Materials Science and …, 2016 - Elsevier
This study investigates the influence of microstructure on the strength properties of individual
cell walls of closed-cell stabilized aluminium foams (SAFs). Optical microscopy (OM), micro …

[HTML][HTML] Computed tomography based modelling of the behaviour of closed cell metallic foams using a shell approximation

A Ghazi, P Berke, C Tiago, TJ Massart - Materials & Design, 2020 - Elsevier
This study presents an imaged-based shell modelling strategy for closed cell metallic foams
exploiting X-ray Computed Tomography scans, with its illustration on ALCORAS® foams …

Multiscale computational modelling of closed cell metallic foams with detailed microstructural morphological control

A Ghazi, P Berke, KEM Kamel, B Sonon, C Tiago… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
This contribution addresses the multiscale computational modelling of closed cell metallic
foams by means of an integrated Representative Volume Element (RVE) generation and …

Microstructural parameters affecting the compressive response of closed-cell aluminum foams

E Prados Martín - Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Closed-cell aluminum foams are gaining widespread acceptance, especially in automotive,
aviation and defence sectors, by virtue of their high strength-to-weight ratio, good energy …

A study of fabricating and compressive properties of cellular Al–Si (355.0) foam using TiH2

JK Khabushan, SB Bonabi, FM Aghbagh… - Materials & Design, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Al–Si (355.0) alloy foam has been produced by Alporas method (in which foam
alloy melts, and titanium hydride is used as a blowing agent). Mechanical behavior such as …

Optimizing the synthesis of cobalt aluminate pigment using fractional factorial design

YF Gomes, PN Medeiros, MRD Bomio, IMG Santos… - Ceramics …, 2015 - Elsevier
The increasing use of experimental design techniques comes from the growing need to
optimize products and processes while minimizing costs and maximizing efficiency …

Hollow fiber spinning experimental design and analysis of defects for fabrication of optimized membranes for membrane distillation

M Khayet, C Cojocaru, M Essalhi, MC García-Payo… - Desalination, 2012 - Elsevier
A fractional factorial design and a steepest ascent method were applied for possible
fabrication of hollow fibers by the dry/wet spinning technique. Seven spinning factors were …

Nanostructural approach to the thickening behavior and oxidation of calcium-stabilized aluminum foams

B Nayebi, M Mehrabian, MS Asl… - Materials Chemistry and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The influences of calcium content on thickening stage, dynamic oxidation and subsequent
formation of cell walls in closed-cell aluminum foams were investigated by both precise …

Processing of bioresorbable closed-cell Mg foam for bone implant applications

D Makwana, B Pramod, P Chaudhari… - Materials and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Magnesium is the most promising element as a bioresorbable material in bone repairing
applications. Closed-cell Mg-2Zn-2Ca foam was fabricated through melt processing route by …