Original scientific paper

Reproducibility of energy absorption properties of aluminium foams

Krešimir Grilec orcid.org/0000-0001-5685-5655 ; Fakultet strojarstva i brodogradnje, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Zagreb
Vedran Bojanić orcid.org/0000-0001-5501-6323 ; Fakultet strojarstva i brodogradnje, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Zagreb

Abstract

Aluminium foam is, principally, a composite material consisting of aluminium or aluminium alloy matrix and of pores filled up with a gas distributed throughout the matrix. This paper studies the reproducibility of aluminium foams energy absorption properties. Samples of aluminium foam were produced from an Alulight precursor (AlMgSi0.6 TiH2-0.4). This precursor was placed into a mould form and heated up until the agent starts to foam. Immediately thereafter the mould is taken out of the furnace and cooled off, so the aluminium foam part is frozen in shape. The ability of samples to absorb mechanical energy was estimated from the results of compression tests. Test results showed that aluminium foams have good energy absorption properties and reproducibility is relatively low.

Keywords

aluminium foams; absorption of kinetic energy; energy absorption capacity; energy absorption efficiency; compression test

Hrčak ID:

94804

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/94804

Publication date:

15.12.2012.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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