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Integral Foam Molding of Light Metals

Technology, Foam Physics and Foam Simulation

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Authors:
  1. Carolin Koerner

    1. Inst. Werkstoffwissenschafte, Univ. Erlangen-N¨urnberg, Germany

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  • Opens an avenue to develop cost-effective techniques of metal foam molding
  • Contains the first approach for a usable simulation
  • Shows for the first time it is shown that integral foaming of metals is possible

Part of the book series: Engineering Materials (ENG.MAT.)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Technology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-4
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    2. Introduction

      • Carolin Koerner
      Pages 5-17

    3. Integral Foam Molding Of Metals

      • Carolin Koerner
      Pages 19-43

    4. Structure and Properties

      • Carolin Koerner
      Pages 45-72

  3. Physics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-75
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    2. Physics of Foaming

      • Carolin Koerner
      Pages 77-102

    3. Evolution Laws

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      Pages 103-122

    4. Endogenous Stabilization

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      Pages 123-137

  4. Numerical Simulation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-141
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    2. Theoretical Approach

      • Carolin Koerner
      Pages 143-161

    3. Lattice Boltzmann Model for Free Surface Flow

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      Pages 163-170

    4. Lattice Boltzmann Model for Foam Evolution

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      Pages 171-183

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 185-224
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About this book

A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. Mark Twain Metal foams show outstanding properties: Low weight, high rigidity, high energy absorption capacity, high damping capacity, etc. They have attracted strong - dustrial and scienti?c interest during the last decade. A variety of methods has been developed to produce foams and the development of new, more sophisticated methods is still going on. On the one hand, there are only very few applications where metal foams can be directly employed without further processing. On the other hand, established metal foam production methods have one feature in common, they produce foam and not metal parts containing metal foam. In the majority of cases additional shaping and joining steps are necessary to transform the metal foam into a working functional element. In addition, the cellular structure demands for appropriate joining technologies which are often not yet available or expensive. As a result, the whole processing sequence is in general long and expensive. The logical consequence of the requirement to develop cost-e?ective techniques to produce metal parts with integrated cellular structure is the newly developed process of integral foam molding. Integral foam consists of a solid skin and a c- lular core. This is the fundamental construction principle which is ubiquitous in biological systems, e. g. the human skull, as well as in technical solutions, e. g. sa- wich constructions. The concentration of the material within the skin optimizes the moment of inertia and thus sti?ness and strength.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Inst. Werkstoffwissenschafte, Univ. Erlangen-N¨urnberg, Germany

    Carolin Koerner

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Integral Foam Molding of Light Metals

  • Book Subtitle: Technology, Foam Physics and Foam Simulation

  • Authors: Carolin Koerner

  • Series Title: Engineering Materials

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68839-6

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-68838-9Published: 08 January 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-08840-7Published: 11 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-68839-6Published: 17 July 2008

  • Series ISSN: 1612-1317

  • Series E-ISSN: 1868-1212

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 224

  • Number of Illustrations: 143 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Structural Materials, Metallic Materials, Engineering Fluid Dynamics

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