Description
In this new edition of their classic work on Cellular Solids, the authors have brought the book completely up to date, including new work on processing of metallic and ceramic foams and on the mechanical, electrical and acoustic properties of cellular solids. Data for commercially available foams are presented on material property charts; two new case studies show how the charts are used for selection of foams in engineering design. Over 150 references appearing in the literature since the publication of the first edition are cited. The text summarises current understanding of the structure and mechanical behaviour of cellular materials, and the ways in which they can be exploited in engineering design. Cellular solids include engineering honeycombs and foams (which can now be made from polymers, metals, ceramics and composites) as well as natural materials, such as wood, cork and cancellous bone.
Chapter
2.4 Calculating relative density
2.5 Characterizing cellular materials
Chapter 3 Material properties
3.1 Introduction and synopsis
3.2 Polymers and elastomers
Chapter 4 The mechanics of honeycombs
4.1 Introduction and synopsis
4.2 Deformation mechanisms in honeycombs
4.3 The in-plane properties of honeycombs: uniaxial loading
4.4 The in-plane properties of honeycombs: biaxial loading
4.5 The out-of-plane properties of honeycombs
Appendix 4A: Elastic moduli of square and triangular honeycombs
Appendix 4B: Small strain calculation of the moduli, including axial and shear deformations
Appendix 4C: The elastic buckling of a honeycomb
Appendix 4D: Mechanical properties of non-uniform commercial honeycombs
Chapter 5 The mechanics of foams: basic results
5.1 Introduction and synopsis
5.2 Deformation mechanisms in foams
5.3 Mechanical properties of foams: compression
5.4 Mechanical properties of foams: tension
5.5 Summary of mechanical behaviour of foams: stress-strain maps
Chapter 6 The mechanics of foams: refinements
6.1 Introduction and synopsis
6.2 The effect of temperature and strain-rate
6.3 Anisotropy of foam properties
Chapter 7 Thermal, electrical and acoustic properties of foams
7.1 Introduction and synopsis
7.3 Electrical properties
Chapter 8 Energy absorption in cellular materials
8.1 Introduction and synopsis
8.2 Energy-absorption mechanisms
8.3 Methods of characterizing energy-absorption in foams
8.4 Energy-absorption diagrams
8.5 The design and selection of foams for packaging
8.6 Case studies in the selection of foams for packaging
Chapter 9 The design of sandwich panels with foam cores
9.1 Introduction and synopsis
9.2 The stiffness of sandwich structures and its optimatization
9.3 The strength of sandwich structures
9.4 Optimization of sandwich design: stiffness, strength and weight
9.5 Case studies in sandwich design
Appendix 9A: Results for stiffness-optimized sandwich structures
10.1 Introduction and synopsis
10.2 The structure of wood
10.3 The mechanical properties of wood
10.4 Modelling wood structure and properties
Chapter 11 Cancellous bone
11.1 Introduction and synopsis
11.2 The structure of cancellous bone
11.3 The mechanical properties of cancellous bone
11.4 Modelling the structure and properties of cancellous bone
12.1 Introduction and synopsis
12.2 The structure of cork
12.3 The mechanical properties of cork
Chapter 13 Sources, suppliers and property data
13.1 Introduction and synopsis
13.2 The compilation of materials and suppliers
13.3 Property ranges for available cellular materials
Appendix 13A: Commercially-available foams and their suppliers
Appendix The linear-elasticity of anisotropic cellular solids
The formal description of elastic anisotropy