Research Article
An Improved Model for FE Modeling and Simulation of Closed Cell Al-Alloy Foams
Table 1
Mechanical properties of a 12% relative density foam obtained from experiment and computation using existing foam models.
| Model | Elastic modulus (GPa) | Plateau stress/crushing strength (MPa) |
| Skeleton cube | 2.76 | 10.32 | Tetracaidekehedral | 3.05 | 13.44 | Truncated cube (Analytical) | N/A | 12.02 | Truncated cube (Simulation) | N/A | 20.00 | Cruciform-hemisphere | N/A | 15.00 | Experiment | 1.35 | 4.00 |
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