Release states in aluminum foam

Abstract

We report isentropic release states of uniaxial strain experiments and simulations on 6101 T-6 48-50% density open-cell aluminum foam compressed up to 10 GPa. Mesoscale simulations of the dynamic response of the foam are compared to experimental measurements and are used to build continuum constitutive relations. The mesoscale simulations capture the Hugoniot and the release behavior in the foam extremely well. The resulting constitutive relations built from mesoscale simulations compare favorably to those built from experimental results. © 2012 American Institute of Physics.