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Figure 2.16. Shear strength, normalized by the bulk value, against the ratio of specimen<br />

thickness, t, to the cell size, d, for Alporas closed-cell foam (Source:<br />

Andrews, et al. 2001).<br />

The effect of foam cell structure parameters on the compression behavior of Al<br />

foam was investigated by Dequing et. al. (Deqing, et al. 2005). With increasing foam<br />

cell size, foam density (Figure 2.17(a)) and cell wall and node size (Figure 2.17(a))<br />

decreased. It was further postulated that the collapse plastic stress and energy absorption<br />

ability could be improved by the smaller cell size. Similar results were also found by<br />

Miyoshi et. al. (Miyoshi, et al. 1999). By reducing the cell edge length of conventional<br />

Alporas Al foams from 2.68 mm to 1.91 mm, the energy absorption per volume<br />

increased by 40% .<br />

(a) (b)<br />

Figure 2. 17. Variation of a) foam density and b) foam cell wall and node size with<br />

foam cell size of Al foam (Source: Deqing, et al. 2005).<br />

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