Axial buckling of thin shells with a foam core

• Main Author: Huang, Junjie.
• Other Authors: Lu Guoxing
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Mechanics and dynamics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/16825
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Thin aluminium shells with diameter to thickness ratio of 260 and 330 and aluminium foams with densities of 0.13g/cm3 and 0.46g/cm3 were axially loaded individually. Values of the first peak force, Fmax, the average force, Favg and total energy absorbed were obtained. The foams where then inserted i...