Recent developments on epoxy-based syntactic foams for deep sea exploration

X Wu, Y Gao, Y Wang, R Fan, Z Ali, J Yu… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - Springer
Epoxy syntactic foam (ESF) materials are widely used in marine detection systems, deep
sea diving equipment, offshore oil exploration and other deep sea development and …

A review on mechanical models for cellular media: Investigation on material characterization and numerical simulation

G Luo, Y Zhu, R Zhang, P Cao, Q Liu, J Zhang, Y Sun… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cellular media materials are used for automobiles, aircrafts, energy-efficient buildings,
transportation, and other fields due to their light weight, designability, and good impact …

[HTML][HTML] Compression properties of polymeric syntactic foam composites under cyclic loading

Z Yousaf, M Smith, P Potluri, W Parnell - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
In the present work, polymer-based syntactic foams were studied under cyclic compression
in order to investigate their compressibility, recoverability, energy dissipation and damage …

Effects of cell size and cell wall thickness variations on the strength of closed-cell foams

Y Chen, R Das, M Battley - International Journal of Engineering Science, 2017 - Elsevier
In this work, the effects of cell size and cell wall thickness variations on the compressive and
shear strengths of closed-cell foams were investigated using Laguerre tessellation models. It …

Characterisation and constitutive model of tensile properties of selective laser melted Ti-6Al-4V struts for microlattice structures

Z Wang, P Li - Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2018 - Elsevier
Predicting the mechanical performance of selective laser melted (SLM) microlattice
structures requires the constitutive data of the parent solid material in the struts. This work …

Dynamic plastic deformation and failure mechanisms of individual microcapsule and its polymeric composites

X Zhang, P Wang, D Sun, X Li, J An, TX Yu… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Elsevier
Functional materials are widely used by introducing functional microcapsules in the matrix.
The individual microcapsule can be regarded as core-shell structure in micro-level. In this …

Axial compressive behavior and energy absorption of syntactic foam-filled GFRP tubes with lattice frame reinforcement

Q Jin, J Wang, J Chen, F Bao - Composite Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
A kind of innovative foam-filled glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) tube with lattice frame
reinforcement was proposed for improving energy absorption capacity. The crushing …

Density, strain rate and strain effects on mechanical property evolution in polymeric foams

KB Bhagavathula, CS Meredith, S Ouellet… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents a comprehensive experimental study of the evolution of Poisson's ratio
and tangent modulus of polymeric foams during rate dependant uniaxial compression. In …

Numerical simulation of static mechanical properties of PMMA microcellular foams

Y Zhu, G Luo, R Zhang, P Cao, Q Liu, J Zhang… - … Science and Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Inspired by recent advancements and owing to their low weight, flexible design, and
acceptable cushioning and shock absorption, microcellular foams are being widely utilized …

Finite element analysis of the compressive and shear responses of structural foams using computed tomography

Y Chen, R Das, M Battley - Composite Structures, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper aim to establish a framework for finite element modelling of the compressive and
shear responses of closed-cell foams using computed tomography images, and to explore …