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Metal Foams: A Design Guide

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154 <strong>Metal</strong> <strong>Foams</strong>: A <strong>Design</strong> <strong>Guide</strong><br />

Energy/Unit vol (MJ/m 3)<br />

10<br />

1<br />

0.1<br />

Energy/unit vol<br />

vs Plateau stress<br />

Alulight (1)<br />

Fraunhofer (0.7)<br />

Hydro (0.54)<br />

Alulight (0.645)<br />

Manual1.CMS; MFA 21-11-97; MetFoam DB<br />

Hydro (0.34)<br />

Fraunhofer (1.1)<br />

Alulight (0.646)<br />

Alulight (0.751)<br />

Cymat (0.355)<br />

Cymat (0.546)<br />

Alulight (0.32)<br />

Alulight (0.7)<br />

GASAR (6.745)<br />

Cymat (0.155)<br />

Cymat (0.083)<br />

0.1<br />

Cymat (0.166)<br />

Alulight (0.3)<br />

Cymat (0.276)<br />

INCO (0.385)<br />

Hydro (0.171)<br />

Hydro (0.161)<br />

Hydro (0.406)<br />

Hydro (0.288)<br />

Alporas (0.21)<br />

Alporas (0.245)<br />

0.5 1 5 10 50 100<br />

Compr. stress @ 25% strain (MPa)<br />

Figure 11.3 Energy absorbed per unit volume up to densification, plotted<br />

against plateau stress (which we take as the compressive strength at 25%<br />

strain) for currently available metal foams. Each foam is labeled with its<br />

density in Mg/m 3<br />

Energy/Unit weight (MJ/Mg)<br />

50<br />

10<br />

5<br />

0.1<br />

0.1<br />

Energy/unit weight<br />

vs. Plateau stress<br />

Manual1.CMS; MFA 21-11-97; MetFoam DB<br />

Cymat (0.166)<br />

Duocel (0.16)<br />

Hydro (0.171)<br />

Duocel (0.2)<br />

Alporas (0.21)<br />

Alporas (0.245)<br />

INCO (0.385)<br />

Cymat (0.155)<br />

Duocel (0.19)<br />

Hydro (0.28)<br />

Hydro (0.2)<br />

Cymat (0.276)<br />

INCO (0.285)<br />

Alulight (0.345)<br />

Hydro (0.225)<br />

Hydro (0.5)<br />

Alulight (0.64)<br />

Hydro (0.56)<br />

Fraunhofer (0.7)<br />

Alulight (1)<br />

GASAR (3.4)<br />

Cymat (0.54) Fraunhofer (1.1)<br />

Alulight (0.751)<br />

Alulight (0.49)<br />

GASAR (4.7)<br />

0.5 1 5 10 50 100<br />

Compr. stress @ 25% strain (MPa)<br />

Figure 11.4 Energy absorbed per unit weight up to densification, plotted<br />

against plateau stress (which we take as the compressive strength at 25%<br />

strain) for currently available metal foams. Each foam is labeled with its<br />

density in Mg/m 3

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