NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF ANISOTROPIC POLYMERIC FOAMS

Authors

  • VOLNEI TITA UNIVERSITY OF SAO PAULO - USP ENGINEERING SCHOOL OF SAO CARLOS DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Keywords:

POLYMERIC FOAMS, ANISOTROPY, PARAMETERS CALIBRATION, MATERIAL MODELS

Abstract

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Published

2012-06-30

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Vol. 9 No. 2 (2012)

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