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Using a simple beam element, this study estimates the elastic stiffness of two isotropic open-cell foam architectures that approximate, respectively, the space between tightly packed fluid bubbles and that defined between densified solid particles, and finds little difference between the two microstructures above a relative density of a few per cent. (c) 2012 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Mark Pauly, Florin Isvoranu, Francis Julian Panetta, Uday Kusupati, Seiichi Eduardo Suzuki Erazo, Yingying Ren
Nicola Marzari, Tommaso Chiarotti, Giuliana Materzanini