Cellular and Porous Materials in Structures and Processes

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Altenbach, Holm (Editor), Öchsner, Andreas (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna : Springer Vienna, 2010.
• Series: CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, 521
• Subjects: Engineering.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Continuum mechanics.; Structural mechanics.; Mechanical engineering.; Mechanical Engineering.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Structural Mechanics.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.

The book covers the state-of-the-art treatment in modelling and experimental investigation of the mechanical behaviour of cellular and porous materials. Starting from the continuum mechanical modelling, to the numerical simulation, several important questions related to applications such as the frac...

Table of Contents:

• Fracture Mechanics of Cellular Solids
• Finite Element Modeling of Cellular Materials
• Plasticity of Three-Dimensional Foams
• Thin-walled Structures Made of Foams
• Plasticity Theory of Porous and Powder Metals
• Impact of Cellular Materials.