TY - JOUR
T1 - Metallic foam processing from the liquid state
T2 - The competition between solidification and drainage
AU - Cox, Simon
AU - Weaire, Denis
AU - Bradley, G.
N1 - Cox, S.J., Bradley, G. and Weaire, D. (2001) Metallic foam processing from the liquid state: the competition between solidification and drainage. Eur. Phys. J. AP 14:87-97.
Sponsorship: This research was supported by the Prodex programme of ESA, and is a contribution to ESA contract C14308/AO-075-99. SJC was supported by Enterprise Ireland and a Marie Curie fellowship. GB was supported by the HPC Programme of TCD.
PY - 2001/5/15
Y1 - 2001/5/15
N2 - A model is developed to describe the formation of metallic foams in which liquid drainage acts to collapse the foam before it can freeze. Numerical solution of the foam drainage equation, combined with the equations of heat conduction, provides new insight into the competition between these two processes.It also stimulates and confirms a theoretical analysis which leads to criteria for creating uniform samples of frozen metal foam. The analysis suggests new experiments to clarify the role of the various processes leading to foam formation.
AB - A model is developed to describe the formation of metallic foams in which liquid drainage acts to collapse the foam before it can freeze. Numerical solution of the foam drainage equation, combined with the equations of heat conduction, provides new insight into the competition between these two processes.It also stimulates and confirms a theoretical analysis which leads to criteria for creating uniform samples of frozen metal foam. The analysis suggests new experiments to clarify the role of the various processes leading to foam formation.
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U2 - 10.1051/epjap:2001141
DO - 10.1051/epjap:2001141
M3 - Article
SN - 1286-0042
VL - 14
SP - 87
EP - 96
JO - European Physical Journal Applied Physics
JF - European Physical Journal Applied Physics
IS - 2
ER -