Metal Foams: A Design Guide

10.5 Weight-efficient structures 124
10.6 Illustration for uniformly loaded panel 126
10.7 Stiffness-limited designs 133
10.8 Strength-limited designs 140
10.9 Recommendations for sandwich design 148
References 148
11 Energy management: packaging and blast protection 150
11.1 Introduction: packaging 150
11.2 Selecting foams for packaging 151
11.3 Comparison of metal foams with tubular energy absorbers 157
11.4 Effect of strain rate on plateau stress 161
11.5 Propagation of shock waves in metal foams 163
11.6 Blast and projectile protection 166
References 169
12 Sound absorption and vibration suppression 171
12.1 Background: sound absorption in structural materials 171
12.2 Sound absorption in metal foams 173
12.3 Suppression of vibration and resonance 175
References 179
13 Thermal management and heat transfer 181
13.1 Introduction 181
13.2 Heat transfer coefficient 182
13.3 Heat fluxes 184
13.4 Pressure drop 186
13.5 Trade-off between heat transfer and pressure drop 187
References 188
14 Electrical properties of metal foams 189
14.1 Measuring electrical conductivity or resistivity 189
14.2 Data for electrical resistivity of metal foams 190
14.3 Electrical conductivity and relative density 191
References 193
15 Cutting, finishing and joining 194
15.1 Cutting of metal foams 194
15.2 Finishing of metal foams 194
15.3 Joining of metal foams 195
References 199
16 Cost estimation and viability 200
16.1 Introduction: viability 200
16.2 Technical modeling and performance metrics 201
16.3 Cost modeling 202
16.4 Value modeling 206
16.5 Applications 212
References 216
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