<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> In this contribution a new phenomenological model for pressure loaded foam materials is proposed. The presented relationship between compressive stresses and compressive strains is derived by using simple rheological models. The proposed model contains several parameters. The procedure of their identification and the influence of parameters on a curve shape are also explained. The accuracy of our model is tested and compared with other phenomenological models. These tests have been applied on aluminium and polyurethane foams.</p></abstract>

In this contribution a new phenomenological model for pressure loaded foam materials is proposed. The presented relationship between compressive stresses and compressive strains is derived by using simple rheological models. The proposed model contains several parameters. The procedure of their identification and the influence of parameters on a curve shape are also explained. The accuracy of our model is tested and compared with other phenomenological models. These tests have been applied on aluminium and polyurethane foams.

Phenomenological Material Model of Foam Solids

Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Department of Mechanics, Ilkovičova 3, 812 19 Bratislava, Slovakia

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava,Institute of Applied Mechanics and Mechatronics, Nám. Slobody 17,812 31 Bratislava, Slovakia

Strojnícky časopis - Journal of Mechanical Engineering

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In this contribution a new phenomenological model for pressure loaded foam materials is proposed. The presented relationship between compressive stresses and...

Phenomenological Material Model of Foam Solids

Publicado en línea: 29 ene 2016

Páginas: 5 - 20

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/scjme-2016-0001

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