Experimental Investigation of Mechanical Behaviour of Closed-Cell Aluminium Foams under Drop Weight Impact

M. A. Islam, M. A. Kader, A.D. Brown, Paul Hazell, Mohammad Saadatfar, J P Escobedo

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    Abstract

    The present study investigates the dynamic deformation mechanisms of closed-cell aluminium foams during low velocity drop weight impact with experimental analyses and finite element (FE) simulation. The evolution of foam collapse was explored with FE simulation using ABAQUS/Explicit. X-ray computed tomography (XRT) based geometry was reconstructed to understand the actual microstructural changes during impact. The experimental stress-strain response was compared with FE simulation with reasonably good agreement observed between FE prediction and experimental data. A vertical cross-sectional XRT slice was analysed at different strains from FE simulation to understand the pore collapse mechanisms
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationCharacterization of Minerals, Metals, and Materials 2017
    EditorsS Ikhmayies
    Place of PublicationCham, Switzerland
    PublisherSpringer International Publishing AG
    Pages225-232pp
    Volume1
    Edition1st
    ISBN (Print)978-3-319-51381-2
    Publication statusPublished - 2017

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