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Behavior of composite advanced pore morphology foam

Advanced pore morphology (APM) foam, consisting of sphere-like metallic foam elements, proves to have advantageous mechanical properties and unique application adjustability. Since the APM foam manufacturing procedure has been developed only recently, the mechanical characterization of these materials is very limited. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to determine the behaviour of APM spheres and its composites when subjected to compressive loading. Single metallic APM spheres have been characterized with experimental testing and computational simulations, providing the basic properties and knowledge for an efficient composition of composite APM foam structures. Then, the APM foam elements were moulded with epoxy matrix resulting in new composite structures. These composites have been adhered together with the epoxy resin achieving partial and syntactic morphology. The mechanical characterization of composite APM foam structures was based on experimental testing results with free and confined boundaries. The results of the performed research have shown valuable mechanical properties of the composite APM foam structures. Furthermore, they offer new possibilities for their use in general engineering applications.

composite structures; advanced pore morphology foam

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