Metal Foams: A Design Guide
Michael F. Ashby (Royal Society Research Professor Emeritus, University of Cambridge, and Former Visiting Professor of Design at the Royal College of Art, London, UK),Tony Evans (Princeton University),NA Fleck (Cambridge Centre for Micromechanics, University of Cambridge),J.W. Hutchinson (Division of Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA),H.N.G. Wadley (University of Virginia)
Metal Foams: A Design Guide
Michael F. Ashby (Royal Society Research Professor Emeritus, University of Cambridge, and Former Visiting Professor of Design at the Royal College of Art, London, UK),Tony Evans (Princeton University),NA Fleck (Cambridge Centre for Micromechanics, University of Cambridge),J.W. Hutchinson (Division of Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA),H.N.G. Wadley (University of Virginia)
Metal foams are at the forefront of technological development for the automotive, aerospace, and other weight-dependent industries. They are formed by various methods, but the key facet of their manufacture is the inclusion of air or other gaseous pockets in the metal structure.
The fact that gas pockets are present in their structure provides an obvious weight advantage over traditionally cast or machined solid metal components. The unique structure of metal foams also opens up more opportunities to improve on more complex methods of producing parts with space inclusions such as sand-casting. This guide provides information on the advantages metal foams possess, and the applications for which they may prove suitable.
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