Metallic foam processing from the liquid state
- 15 May 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by EDP Sciences in The European Physical Journal Applied Physics
- Vol. 14 (2), 87-96
- https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap:2001141
Abstract
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.Keywords
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