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Metal Foams: A Design Guide

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Pull-out load, F p (N)<br />

10 5<br />

10 4<br />

10 3<br />

10 2<br />

Insert (dry)<br />

Nail (dry)<br />

Wood Screw (dry)<br />

Studs (dry)<br />

Insert (with epoxy)<br />

Nail (with epoxy)<br />

Wood Screw (with epoxy)<br />

Stud (with epoxy)<br />

Cutting, finishing and joining 197<br />

Slope 1.5<br />

10 0.06 0.1 0.2<br />

Relative Density ρ/ρ S<br />

Figure 15.3 The dependence of pull-out load on relative density for a range<br />

of embedded fastners (wood screw diameter 2 a D 4.8 mm; nail diameter<br />

2 a D 4.5 mm; stud diameter 2 a D 6 mm; threaded insert diameter<br />

2 a D 20 mm; all have embedded length ℓ D 20 mm)<br />

2R<br />

Figure 15.4 A bolted fastener<br />

F p<br />

foam around the periphery of the washer. The tear-energy per unit area, ,<br />

has been measured. It is adequately described by<br />

�<br />

³<br />

s<br />

� 3/2<br />

0<br />

⊲15.5⊳<br />

where 0 is a characteristic of the material of which the foam is made; for<br />

Alporas foam, its value is 0 D 260 kJ/m 2 .

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