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Buckling Behavior of Elastic Kelvin Open-Cell Foams Subjected to Uniaxial Compression

N. Ohno¹, D. Okumura¹, A. Okada¹

1 Department of Computational Science and Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences 2008, 8(2), 73-80. https://doi.org/10.3970/icces.2008.008.073

Abstract

This paper describes buckling modes and stresses of elastic Kelvin open-cell foams subjected to uniaxial compressions. Cubic unit cells and cell aggregates in model foams are analyzed using a homogenization theory. The analysis is performed on the assumption that the struts in foams have a non-uniform distribution of cross-sectional areas as observed experimentally. By performing the analysis based on the uniformity of strut cross-sectional areas, it is shown that the non-uniformity of cross-sectional areas is an important factor for the buckling behavior of open-cell foams.

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