The main objective of this research is to manufacture expanded perlite (EP) foam-filled stainless steel tubes for energy absorption application and investigate their physical compressive behavior. Foam-filled (FFT) were manufactured by consolidating perlite/sodium silicate composite foam inside the tube. EP particles size 5-6 mm taken manufacturing FFTs. Two different sodium solution water (S/W...

This study presents a novel shock absorber with an inward-inverting composite foam-filled tube. Under the compression of pressing cap and action internal inversion cap, tube inverted inward. During crushing, fronds compacted foam, thereby enhancing energy absorption. Three types foams were applied to absorber, drop-weight impact test was performed obtain assessment parameters. The foam increase...

Due to their large surface-area-to-volume ratio and tortuous structure, metal foams hold promise for heat transfer applications. Both of these factors increase the heat transfer by enhancing the mixing and surface area. The main disadvantage associated with their thermal-hydraulic performance is relatively higher pressure drop, resulting in larger pumping power requirements if they are used in ...

The response of a reticulated, elastomeric foam filled with colloidal silica under dynamic compression is studied. Under compression beyond local strain rates on the order of 1 s 1, the non-Newtonian, colloidal silica-based fluid undergoes dramatic shear thickening and then proceeds to shear thinning. In this regime, the viscosity of the fluid is large enough that the contribution of the foam a...

PURPOSE Previous biomechanical studies have estimated the strains of bone and bone substitutes using strain gages. However, applying strain gages to biological samples can be difficult, and data collection is limited to a small area under the strain gage. The purpose of this study was to compare digital image correlation (DIC) strain measurements to those obtained from strain gages in order to ...