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The strain rate effect of an open cell aluminum foam

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The dynamic compressive behavior of an open-cell commercially pure aluminum foam was experimentally investigated with a split Hopkinson bar (SHPB) and numerically simulated using the finite element (FE) method. It is found that the flow stress increases with increasing strain rate, demonstrating the existence of strain rate dependence in the present aluminum foam. This dependence is believed to originate from the polygonal pore architecture, the relatively high density, the intrinsic property of aluminum, as well as the friction force between the contacted cell walls.

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  1. the Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 230031, Hefei, Anhui, P.R. China

    Fusheng Han (Professor)

  2. the School of Materials Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, 230001, Hefei, Anhui, P.R. China

    Hefa Cheng (Professor) & Qiang Wang (Lecturer)

  3. Shaoxing College, 312000, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, P.R. China

    Zhibin Li (Lecturer)

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Han, F., Cheng, H., Wang, Q. et al. The strain rate effect of an open cell aluminum foam. Metall Mater Trans A 36, 645–650 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-005-0180-6

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