Cellular Solids: Structure and Properties / Edition 2

by Lorna J. Gibson, Michael F. Ashby

Overview

Cellular solids include engineering honeycombs and foams (which can now be made from polymers, metals, ceramics, and composites) as well as natural materials, such as wood, cork, and cancellous bone. This new edition of a classic work details current understanding of the structure and mechanical behavior of cellular materials, and the ways in which they can be exploited in engineering design. Gibson and Ashby have brought the book completely up to date, including new work on processing of metallic and ceramic foams and on the mechanical, electrical and acoustic properties of cellular solids. Data for commercially available foams are presented on material property charts; two new case studies show how the charts are used for selection of foams in engineering design. Over 150 references appearing in the literature since the publication of the first edition are cited. It will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in materials science and engineering.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521499118
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	07/22/1999
Series:	Cambridge Solid State Science Series
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	532
Product dimensions:	7.52(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.18(d)

Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. The structure of cellular solids; 3. Material properties; 4. The mechanics of honeycombs; 5. The mechanics of foams: basic results; 6. The mechanics of foams; refinements; 7. Thermal, electrical and acoustic properties of foams; 8. Energy absorption in cellular materials; 9. The design of sandwich panels with foam cores; 10. Wood; 11. Cancellous bone; 12. Cork; 13. Sources, suppliers and property data; Appendix: the linear-elasticity of anisotropic cellular solids.

Editorial Reviews

A broad survey of foamed and porous solids and the ways in which they can be exploited in engineering design. By unifying the modelling of many different types of cellular solid, similarities in behavior in these diverse materials are explained. Case studies provide worked examples of foam behavior and selection for engineering applications. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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