Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Cellular Metals and Metal Foaming Technology (MetFoam 2003)
Berlin (Germany), 23.-25. June 2003
575 pages
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Contents
| Preface | 1 |
| APPLICATIONS AND INDUSTRIALISATION | |
| Aluminium foam sandwich (AFS) – ready for market introduction | 5 |
| H.-W. Seeliger | |
| Commercially available products made of PM aluminium foams – status and prospects | 13 |
| J. Baumeister, D. Lehmhus | |
| Cellular aluminium for passive crash protection | 19 |
| R. Jancek, A. Kottar, H.P. Degischer | |
| Experience in the use of metal foams and AFS on the field of railcars | 25 |
| K.-E. Geyer | |
| The chemical vapour deposition technique for Inco nickel foam production – manufacturing benifits and potential applications | 31 |
| V. Paserin, S. Marcuson, Jun Shu, D.S. Wilkinson | |
| Process stability in the serial production of aluminium foam panels and 3-dimensional parts | 39 |
| P. Schäffler, W. Rajner | |
| New design of light-weight armour sheets | 43 |
| J. Jerz, F. Simančík, M.Bortel, S.Kubo, J. Kováčik | |
| Cellular structure for catalysts and filters | 47 |
| A. Leonov | |
| PHYSICS OF FOAMING | |
| Non-metallic foams | |
| An introduction to cellular plastics: materials, applications and challenges | 53 |
| M. Cloitre | |
| Experiments on the stability of solid-particle-loaded aqueous foams | 65 |
| M. Meyer, D. Hille, G. Wallot | |
| Metallic foams | |
| PM aluminium foams: stabilising mechanisms and optimisation | 71 |
| M. Arnold, C. Körner, R.F. Singer | |
| New experiments for influencing and observing the growth process of metallic foams | 77 |
| O. Brunke, S. Odenbach | |
| Control of gas bubble injection into liquid metals by electromagnetic forces | 83 |
| S. Eckert, G. Gerbeth | |
| Real-time X-ray radioscopy on metallic foams using a compact micro-focus source | 89 |
| F. García-Moreno, M. Fromme, J. Banhart | |
| The effect of TiH2 oxidation on gas release and foaming in compacted Al-TiH2 powder precursors | 95 |
| A.R. Kennedy, V.H. Lopez, S. Asavavisithchai | |
| Particle stabilised liquid-aluminium foams and the role of the oxide skin | 101 |
| N. Babcsán, D. Leitlmeier, H.P. Degischer, H.J. Flankl | |
| An improved interfacial model of stabilisation of metallic foams by solid particles | 107 |
| G. Kaptay | |
| Investigation of early stages of metal foam formation by small-angle neutron scattering techniques | 113 |
| D. Bellmann, H. Clemens, B. Matijasevic, A. Heinemann, J. Banhart | |
| Microstructural development during the foaming of Al-TiH2 precursors produced by different compaction methods | 119 |
| S. Asavavisithchai, A.R. Kennedy | |
| A study of the viscosity and surface tension in molten Al and the effects of additional elements | 123 |
| S.-H. Park, B.-Y. Hur | |
| PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES FOR CELLULAR METALS | |
| Foaming of powder compacts | |
| Technology of aluminium foam production using methods of powder metallurgy | 131 |
| S. Vatchiants, N. Manukyan | |
| Microstructural investigation during foaming of aluminium alloy pellets made from low cost powder | 137 |
| E. Proverbio, L. Bonaccorsi | |
| Influence of particle size and shape on the expansion behaviour of granulated foamable precursor material | 143 |
| J. Baumeister, K. Stöbener | |
| The effect of ceramic particle additions on foam expansion and stability in compacted Al-TiH2 powder precursors | 147 |
| A.R. Kennedy, S. Asavavisithchai | |
| Evaluation of potential new matrix alloys for production of PM aluminium foams | 151 |
| D. Lehmhus | |
| Bulk foaming process for cellular metals starting from alloy sheets | 157 |
| K. Kitazono, E. Sato, K. Kuribayashi | |
| Zinc foams – new approach for reduced density | 161 |
| K. Stöbener, M. Weigend, G. Rausch | |
| Heat distribution during metal foaming | 165 |
| H.-M. Helwig, J. Banhart | |
| Semi-solid proceesing of complex-shaped foamable material | 169 |
| J. Weise, H. Stanzick, J. Banhart | |
| Marble waste recovery as foaming agent for aluminium foams | 175 |
| L.E.G. Cambronero, C. Ranninger | |
| Development of aluminium castings with permanent aluminium foam cores | 181 |
| R. Kretz, E. Wolfsgruber | |
| Encasing of aluminium foam with magnesium by die casting | 187 |
| M. Brunnbauer, C. Körner, R.F. Singer | |
| Foaming of melts | |
| Fabrication of lotus-type porous metals and physical properties... | 191 |
| H. Nakajima, T. Ikeda, S.K. Hyun | |
| Gasar - a new class of porous materials: synthesis, structure, properties and prospective application | 203 |
| V. Shapovalov, L. Boyko | |
| Magnesium integral foams | 209 |
| C. Körner, M. Hirschmann, M. Lamm, R.F. Singer | |
| Cellular magnesium | 215 |
| Fr.-W. Bach, D. Bormann, P. Wilk | |
| Sintering and other methods | |
| Processing of titanium foams | 219 |
| D.C. Dunand | |
| Porous TiNi biomaterial poduced by self-propagating high-temperature synthesis | 231 |
| J.S. Kim, J.H. Kang, S.B. Kang, K.S. Yoon, Y.S. Kwon | |
| Analysis and control of cell morphology of intermetallics foam synthesised by combustion reaction | 237 |
| M. Kobashi, N. Kanetake | |
| Production of metallic foams from ceramic foam precursors | 243 |
| A. Verdooren, H.M. Chan, J.L. Grenestedt, H.P. Harmer, H.S. Caram | |
| Near net shape fabrication of highly porous parts by powder metallurgy | 249 |
| M. Bram, A. Laptev, H.P. Buchkremer, D. Stöver | |
| Foam metal production process using water base binder and wax emulsion | 253 |
| T. Shimizu, K. Matsuzaki | |
| Fabrication of porous material with porosity gradient by pulsed electric current sintering method | 257 |
| Y.-S. Kwon, M.-J. Suk, J.-S. Kim, C.-G. Shin | |
| Synthesis of superalloy foams by a gas-phase alloying technique | 261 |
| H. Choe, D. Dunand | |
| Preparation and characterisation of cellular aluminium materials | 267 |
| C.E. Wen, M. Mabuchi, Y. Yamada, K. Shimojima, Y. Chino, H. Hosokawa, T. Asahina | |
| Laminar Ni-NixAl-αAl2O3 foam material with high oxidation resistance | 271 |
| A. Leonov, A.Romashko | |
| Quality control of foam metals produced electrochemically | 275 |
| A. Leonov, A.Romashko | |
| CHARACTERISATION AND PROPERTIES | |
| Characterisation of structures by tomography and image analysis | |
| X-ray tomography applied to the characterization of metal foams | 281 |
| E. Maire, L. Salvo | |
| Characterisation of the 3-D structure and compressive deformation of metallic foams | 289 |
| S. A. McDonald, P. M. Mummery, G. Johnson | |
| Synchrotron tomography on zinc and aluminium foams | 295 |
| A. Rack, A. Haibel, B. Matijasevic, J. Banhart | |
| In-situ observation of tensile deformation of open-cell nickel foams by means of X-ray microtomography | 301 |
| T. Dillard, F. N’Guyen, S. Forest, Y. Bienvenu, J.-D. Bartout, L. Salvo, R. Dendievel, E. Maire, P. Cloetens, C. Lantuéjoul | |
| Structure and deformation mechanisms of Ni foams evaluated by X-ray tomography | 307 |
| A. Fazekas, L. P. Lefebvre, M. Gauthier, R. Dendievel, L. Salvo | |
| The influence of cell-size distribution on the plateau stress in open-cell metal foams using X-ray tomography | 313 |
| Cs. Kádár, P. Kenesei, E. Maire, G. Peix, Zs. Rajkovits, J. Lendvai | |
| Structure and mechanical properties of AFS sandwiches studied in compression tests by in-situ X-ray micro-tomography | 319 |
| L. Salvo, P. Belestin, T. Douillard, E. Maire, M. Jacquesson, C. Vecchionacci, E. Boller | |
| Structure/properties relationship for cellular materials - experimental and finite element modelling | 325 |
| S. Youssef, E. Maire, R. Gaertner, C. Gauthier | |
| Determination of pore size distribution and uniformity in closed cell metal foams from 2D image analysis | 329 |
| A.C. Cárcel, C. Ferrer | |
| Porosity constitution of porous Al alloys | 335 |
| D. Yang, D.P. He | |
| Elastic properties | |
| A comparison of discrete and Cosserat continuum analyses for cellular materials | 339 |
| C. Tekoglu, P. R. Onck | |
| Elastic anisotropy of textured aluminium sponges | 345 |
| L. Blanche, A. Wanner | |
| Anisotropic elastic constants of lotus-structured porous metals | 351 |
| M. Tane, T. Ichitsubo, H. Ogi, M. Hirao, T. Ikeda, H. Nakajima | |
| Deformation | |
| High temperature compressive deformation of Alporas (AlCaTi) foams | 355 |
| M. S. Aly, W. Bleck | |
| Compression behavior of hollow aluminum spheres | 359 |
| Y. Yamada, C. E. Wen, M. Mabuchi, K. Shimojima, Y. Chino, H. Hosokawa, T. Asahina | |
| Closed surface skin of IFAM foams in numerical simulation and verification with experimental results | 363 |
| A. G. Hanssen, M. Langseth, K.Stöbener, G.Rausch | |
| Mesomechanical simulation of cellular aluminium | 369 |
| M. Wicklein, M. Sauer, A. Klomfass, S. Hiermaier, K. Thoma | |
| Tensile behaviour of replicated aluminium foams | 375 |
| J.-F. Despois, Y. Conde, C. San Marchi, A. Mortensen | |
| The collapse response of sandwich beams with aluminium face sheets and a metal foam core in three-point bending | 381 |
| V.L. Tagarielli, N.A. Fleck, V.S. Deshpande | |
| A statistic approach to estimate the compression strength of aluminium foams | 387 |
| U. Mosler, U. Martin, N. Losseva, H. Oettel | |
| Fracture of metal foams: in-situ testing and numerical modeling | 393 |
| P. R. Onck, R. van Merkerk,, J. Th. M. De Hosson, I. Schmidt | |
| The role of strain pattern formation in understanding scale effects in metal foams | 399 |
| P.R. Onck | |
| Design and properties of a sandwich beam with Al foam core | 405 |
| J. Shang, D.P. He | |
| Yield behaviour of metal foams in the elastic-plastic transition region | 409 |
| S. Ströhla, W. Winter, G. Kuhn | |
| Numerical investigation of local yielding in metallic foams | 413 |
| T. Daxner, H.J. Böhm, F.G. Rammerstorfer | |
| Grain size effects on the mechanical behaviour of open-cell nickel foams | 419 |
| V. Goussery, Y. Bienvenu, S. Forest, A.-F. Gourgues, C. Colin, J.-D. Bartout | |
| Fracture, fatigue and energy absorption | |
| Experimental investigation of notch strengthening in metallic foams in compression | 425 |
| A. Antoniou, A.-F. Bastawros | |
| Fatigue behaviour of metal foams: simulation and experiments | 431 |
| H. Harders, J. Rösler, K. Hupfer | |
| The effects of crack closure, crack bridging and micro-cracking on the fatigue crack propagation in closed-cell aluminum foams | 437 |
| C. Motz, R. Pippan | |
| The energy absorbing efficiency of cellular metals under compressive loading | 441 |
| F. Chen, D.P. He | |
| Mechanical characterisation of aluminium foam made by powder compact technology: static and dynamic behaviour and FEM analysis evaluation | 445 |
| G.B. Broggiato, F. Campana, L. Peroni | |
| Ability of constructions from foamed aluminium to absorb different kinds of energy | 451 |
| V.I. Lebedev, V.I. Komov, D.A. Andreev | |
| Characterization and simulation of mechanical behaviour of aluminium foams | 457 |
| D.-Z. Sun, F. Andrieux, C.Haberling | |
| An experimental study of the deformation rate sensitivity of PM aluminium foams | 463 |
| H.Zhao, S. Abdennadher, J.Banhart | |
| Sound absorption and thermal conductivity | |
| Mechanical and sound absorption properties of closed cell Al foam by pot furnace method | 469 |
| S. Y. Kim, B. Y. Hur, K. C. Kwon, S. H. Cho, C. Y. Lim, Y. M. Yoo, M. H. Lee | |
| Properties of nickel foams having different pore size distributions and densities | 475 |
| L.P. Lefebvre, M. Gauthier, M.N. Bureau, M. Le Roux, R. Panneton, D. Pilon | |
| Application-related properties of sintered metallic fiber structures | 481 |
| O. Andersen, C. Kostmann, G. Stephani, G. Korb | |
| Noise reduction by open-pore aluminium foams | 487 |
| A. Berg, W. Maysenhölder, M. Haesche | |
| Measurement and analysis of effective thermal conductivities of lotus-type porous copper | 493 |
| T. Ogushi, H. Chiba, H. Nakajima, T. Ikeda | |
| An experimental study on thermal conductivity of Al foams using the transient plane source method | 499 |
| J. A. Reglero, M.A. Rodríguez-Pérez, D. Lehmhus , M. Wichmann, A. Fernández , J.A. de Saja | |
| Characterization of thermal and electrical properties of aluminum foams | 503 |
| N. Babcsán, Cs. Kádár, N. Hegman, I. Mészáros, E. Maire | |
| SECONDARY OPERATIONS | |
| Coating | |
| The new easyFoam-process and mechanical properties of foam-coating sandwiches | 509 |
| M. Maurer, L. Zhao, E. Lugscheider | |
| Joining | |
| Laser beam processing of aluminium foam sandwich | 515 |
| R. Klausecker, A. Otto, M. Geiger | |
| Laser-based joining of aluminium foam with solid structures | 521 |
| H. Haferkamp, A. Ostendorf, J. Bunte, D. Herzog | |
| Ultrasonic spot welding of sheet metals to aluminum foam sandwich | 525 |
| C. Born, H. Kuckert, G. Wagner, D. Eifler | |
| Melting of lotus-type porous copper in laser beam welding | 531 |
| T. Murakami, K. Nakata, T. Ikeda, H. Nakajima, M. Ushio | |
| Forming | |
| Processing of aluminium foam tailored blanks | 535 |
| S. Dörfler, A. Otto, M. Geiger | |
| High-temperature processing of aluminium foam | 539 |
| M.C. Hahn, A. Otto, M. Geiger | |
| Recycling | |
| Al-foam production scrap – source for recycling? | 543 |
| K. Jessen, B. Friedrich, G. Rombach | |
| Secondary recovery of aluminium from aluminium foams | 549 |
| A. von Schnaik, M.A. Reuter, P. van Nieuwkoop | |
| Author index | 555 |
| Subject index | 559 |
| Editors | 563 |