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Statistics of low-density microcellular materials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2011

David A. Noever
David A. Noever
Affiliation:
Universities Space Research Association, NASA Marshall Space Flighi Center, ES-76, Huntsville, Alabama 35812
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Abstract

The statistics of random cellular patterns are analyzed in cross sections of low-density microcellular materials. Agreement is found with a variety of topological relations previously found for other networks, namely Lewis's law and Aboav's law. To investigate three-dimensional packing effects, experiments are performed on compressed polystyrene shot material, the resulting networks of which are subsequently analyzed in cross section. Implications for material properties and stability are discussed.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , February 1994 , pp. 515 - 522
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1994

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