{"title":"An experimental study into uncertainty and scatter in the compressive response of closed cell metallic foams","authors":"Jörg Hohe, Ilir Ajvazi, Lutz Reissig, Carla Beckmann","doi":"10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2025.113368","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Objective of the present study is an experimental investigation of the uncertainty effects in the mechanical properties of closed-cell foams caused by their microstructural disorder. Using an aluminum foam manufactured by a powder-metallurgical route, the correlations between microstructure and mechanical properties are analyzed. The microstructure is characterized in terms of density as well as cell size and geometry in dependence on the individual spatial direction and position, respectively. Subsequently, the mechanical properties are determined in compression experiments, also considering spatial position and testing direction. In order to provide a profound statistical data base, a total of 147 experiments is performed. The results are analyzed with respect to the probability distributions of the individual microstructural and mechanical material properties as well as their correlation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14311,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Solids and Structures","volume":"315 ","pages":"Article 113368"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4000,"publicationDate":"2025-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Solids and Structures","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020768325001544","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MECHANICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Objective of the present study is an experimental investigation of the uncertainty effects in the mechanical properties of closed-cell foams caused by their microstructural disorder. Using an aluminum foam manufactured by a powder-metallurgical route, the correlations between microstructure and mechanical properties are analyzed. The microstructure is characterized in terms of density as well as cell size and geometry in dependence on the individual spatial direction and position, respectively. Subsequently, the mechanical properties are determined in compression experiments, also considering spatial position and testing direction. In order to provide a profound statistical data base, a total of 147 experiments is performed. The results are analyzed with respect to the probability distributions of the individual microstructural and mechanical material properties as well as their correlation.
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The International Journal of Solids and Structures has as its objective the publication and dissemination of original research in Mechanics of Solids and Structures as a field of Applied Science and Engineering. It fosters thus the exchange of ideas among workers in different parts of the world and also among workers who emphasize different aspects of the foundations and applications of the field.
Standing as it does at the cross-roads of Materials Science, Life Sciences, Mathematics, Physics and Engineering Design, the Mechanics of Solids and Structures is experiencing considerable growth as a result of recent technological advances. The Journal, by providing an international medium of communication, is encouraging this growth and is encompassing all aspects of the field from the more classical problems of structural analysis to mechanics of solids continually interacting with other media and including fracture, flow, wave propagation, heat transfer, thermal effects in solids, optimum design methods, model analysis, structural topology and numerical techniques. Interest extends to both inorganic and organic solids and structures.