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Statistics of low-density microcellular materials

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The statistics of random cellular patterns are analyzed in cross sections of low-density microcellular materials. Agreement is found with a variety of topological relations previously found for other networks, namely Lewis’s law and Aboav’s law. To investigate three-dimensional packing effects, experiments are performed on compressed polystyrene shot material, the resulting networks of which are subsequently analyzed in cross section. Implications for material properties and stability are discussed.

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Noever, D.A. Statistics of low-density microcellular materials. Journal of Materials Research 9, 515–522 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.1994.0515

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