Fabrication, processing, properties, and applications of closed-cell aluminum foams: a review

W Fu, Y Li - Materials, 2024 - mdpi.com
Closed-cell aluminum foams have many excellent properties, such as low density, high
specific strength, great energy absorption, good sound absorption, electromagnetic …

Static and dynamic axial crush performance of in-situ foam-filled tubes

I Duarte, M Vesenjak, L Krstulović-Opara, Z Ren - Composite structures, 2015 - Elsevier
The aim of this paper is to study the quasi-static and dynamic compressive crush
performance of newly developed in-situ foam-filled tubes (FFTs) made of light aluminium …

Dynamic and quasi-static bending behaviour of thin-walled aluminium tubes filled with aluminium foam

I Duarte, M Vesenjak, L Krstulović-Opara - Composite structures, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper aims to evaluate the potential use of closed-cell aluminium alloy integral-skin
foams as stiffening elements for aluminium alloy thin-walled structures that are main basic …

Manufacturing and bending behaviour of in situ foam-filled aluminium alloy tubes

I Duarte, M Vesenjak, L Krstulović-Opara, I Anžel… - Materials & Design, 2015 - Elsevier
The manuscript focuses on manufacturing of new in situ foam-filled tubes (in situ FFTs) of Al-
alloys including the foaming stage and studying their mechanical behaviour under quasi …

On multiaxial failure behavior of closed-cell aluminum foams under medium strain rates

E Wang, G Sun, G Zheng, Q Li - Thin-Walled Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
Metal foams are commonly used to withstand impact loading from different directions in real
life applications attributable to their superior performance of energy absorption to weight. It …

Characterisation of aluminium alloy tubes filled with aluminium alloy integral-skin foam under axial compressive loads

I Duarte, L Krstulović-Opara, M Vesenjak - Composite structures, 2015 - Elsevier
Novel ex-situ foam-filled tubes (FFTs) were prepared by inserting an integral-skin foam filler
into an empty aluminium alloy tube. The aluminium alloy foam filler is prepared by powder …

Compressive behaviour of unconstrained and constrained integral-skin closed-cell aluminium foam

I Duarte, M Vesenjak, L Krstulović-Opara - Composite Structures, 2016 - Elsevier
The aim of this paper is to evaluate the quasi-static and dynamic compressive crush
performance of integral-skin closed-cell aluminium alloy foam with and without radial …

Variation of quasi-static and dynamic compressive properties in a single aluminium foam block

I Duarte, M Vesenjak, L Krstulović-Opara - Materials Science and …, 2014 - Elsevier
The variation of the structural and compressive properties through a single rectangular
closed-cell aluminium alloy foam block prepared by the powder-compact foaming technique …

Time-resolved in situ tomography for the analysis of evolving metal-foam granulates

F García-Moreno, PH Kamm, TR Neu… - Journal of synchrotron …, 2018 - journals.iucr.org
An experimental setup has been developed that allows for capturing up to 25 tomograms s−
1 using the white X-ray beam at the experimental station EDDI of BESSY II, Berlin, Germany …

Fabrication of in-situ grown carbon nanotubes reinforced aluminum alloy matrix composite foams based on powder metallurgy method

Y Ma, X Yang, C He, K Yang, J Xu, J Sha, C Shi, J Li… - Materials Letters, 2018 - Elsevier
Uniformly dispersed carbon nanotubes (CNTs) reinforced aluminum (Al) alloy matrix
composite foams were successfully fabricated by the combination of in-situ chemical vapor …